downhearted

adjective

down·​heart·​ed ˈdau̇n-ˈhär-təd 

: downcast, dejected

downheartedly adverb

downheartedness noun

Synonyms

• depressed
• unhappy
• sad
• heartbroken
• miserable
• melancholy
• sorry
• upset
• bad
• worried

Examples of downhearted in a Sentence

downhearted because his best friend was taking a job out of state

Recent Examples on the Web

Despite the boos, Hogan wasn't completely downhearted. —Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025

Created by Sirius Cybernetics Corporation with GPP (Genuine People Personalities), Marvin is programmed to be unerringly downhearted. —Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024

Despite the boos, Hogan wasn't completely downhearted. —Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025

Created by Sirius Cybernetics Corporation with GPP (Genuine People Personalities), Marvin is programmed to be unerringly downhearted. —Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024

Near the end of this downhearted saga, Esmeralda gives a speech, explanatory despite its poetic language, about the mistreatment of her people in this country — her fury even more palpable in her delivery than in the words themselves. —Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024

The sight of him sitting in his room, alone and downhearted, was too much. —John Carlisle, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023

Tarr, 67, a maker of severe, downhearted films that draw outside the lines of traditional storytelling, rarely comes to town. —Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023

Amid the downhearted social realism of the story, the director finds room for bright instances of childhood innocence and evocative dream sequences. —Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1742, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for downhearted

• departed
• halfhearted
• imparted
• kindhearted
• lighthearted
• restarted
• uncharted
• warmhearted
• wholehearted
• brokenhearted
• carted
• charted

Kids Definition

downhearted

adjective

down·​heart·​ed ˈdau̇n-ˈhärt-əd 

: downcast sense 1

downheartedly adverb

downheartedness noun