low-spirited

[ loh-spir-i-tid ]

adjective

1. depressed; dejected:

   He is feeling rather low-spirited today.

   Synonyms: blue, dispirited, heartsore, sad

low-spirited

adjective

1. depressed, dejected, or miserable

Derived Forms

• ˌlow-ˈspiritedness, noun
• ˌlow-ˈspiritedly, adverb

Other Words From

• low-spirit·ed·ly adverb
• low-spirit·ed·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of low-spirited¹

First recorded in 1580–90

Example Sentences

I have had a slight feverish attack for the last few days, and I feel ill, or rather I feel low-spirited.

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Camilla had been certainly low spirited, weeping, and restless; was it possible it could be for so slight, so unmeaning a cause?

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She sighed: but Lionel, concluding himself the cause, begged her not to be low-spirited, but to write the letter at once.

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Presently the wind turned; it begun to thicken up, and a kind of gray mist came over things; I got low-spirited directly.

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Mr. Pickwick felt very low-spirited and uncomfortable when he was left alone, and he went slowly to bed.

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