Thesaurus / downhearted

downhearted

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Downhearted, almost despairing, Harry Blew halts upon the beach.

Lunched at the Carlton and dined at the Ritz to let all the world see that I am not downhearted.

They were not downhearted, nor anxious, nor fretful for all this; far from it.

I think I never felt quite as downhearted as I did the day or two after the skirmish, when our boys were killed.

Whenever artillery or rifle fire sweeps over their trenches some facetious Tommy is sure to shout, "Are we downhearted?"

TOMMY ATKINS AT WARJAMES ALEXANDER KILPATRICK

We was very unlucky, and Amos got downhearted, and took to drink.

ROUND THE BLOCKJOHN BELL BOUTON

I didn't feel much like talking myself and couldn't understand what made me feel so downhearted.

He was a downhearted fellow, and said he was fed up with the war and wanted nothing but peace.

As a crowd we were not downhearted, so I will pass to the tale of the frightened sailor man.

Dame Rumour, the lying jade, was saying nasty things, but downhearted—what!

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