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downhearted

adjective

filled with melancholy and despondency

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Word length
11
Starts with
D
Ends with
D
Contains
OW
Scrabble score
19
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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adjective

  1. filled with melancholy and despondency

    “gloomy at the thought of what he had to face”

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gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
gloomy predictions
a gloomy silence
took a grim view of the economy
the darkening mood

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