low-spirited

American  

[loh-spir-i-tid] / ˈloʊˈspɪr ɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. depressed; dejected.

   He is feeling rather low-spirited today.

   Synonyms:

   blue, dispirited, heartsore, sad

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low-spirited British  

adjective

1. depressed, dejected, or miserable

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Other Word Forms

• low-spiritedly adverb
• low-spiritedness noun

Etymology

Origin of low-spirited

First recorded in 1580–90

Example Sentences

If not wretched already, for all was wretched at home: Hester was low-spirited; for his own part, he rarely spoke; and the Cuban avoided him.

From Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake by Fenn, George Manville

I suddenly felt very tired and low-spirited and longed to go away from them.

From The Claw by Stockley, Cynthia

Their veterinary doctors knew but one remedy; when a beast fell ill, refused its fodder, and became low-spirited, they slaughtered it, and buried it with hide and horns, six feet under ground.

From The Pl?biscite or, A Miller's Story of the War by Chatrian, Alexandre

They were low-spirited, and John had to refrain from stimulating them with a full meal; there would be danger in lighting fires.

From Settlers and Scouts by Strang, Herbert

Some time after, when it stormed very hard, and the young lady upstairs was cold and low-spirited, my mistress invited her down and entertained us with more of Tom's history.

From Daisy the autobiography of a cat by Swan, Miranda Eliot