down-in-the-mouth

as inwoebegone
as indowncast

Synonyms for down-in-the-mouth

adj depressed, troubled

Antonyms for down-in-the-mouth

Word Origin & History

Old English muþ "mouth, opening, door, gate," from Proto-Germanic *munthaz (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian muth, Old Norse munnr, Danish mund, Middle Dutch mont, Dutch mond, Old High German mund, German Mund, Gothic munþs "mouth"), with characteristic loss of nasal consonant in Old English (cf. tooth, goose, etc.), from PIE *mnto-s (cf. Latin mentum "chin"). In the sense of "outfall of a river" it is attested from late Old English; as the opening of anything with capacity (a bottle, cave, etc.) it is recorded from c.1200. Mouth-organ attested from 1660s.

Example Sentences fordown-in-the-mouth

Well, I reckon it's about time, an' the best thing you can do, for you look sort o' pinin' an' down-in-the-mouth.

I have always put the utmost confidence in you; but, my good fellow, you must not come to me in this down-in-the-mouth way.

down-in-the-mouth

Synonyms for down-in-the-mouth

Antonyms for down-in-the-mouth

More words related to down-in-the-mouth

downcast

woebegone