low-spirited
    adj 1: filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the
           thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a
           gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the
           darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city";
           "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and
           resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his
           defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" [syn:
           gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited,
           down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the
           mouth, low, low-spirited]

Low-spirited \Low"-spir`it*ed\, a.
   Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed;
   dispirited; not sprightly.

   Syn: depressed, dispirited, down(predicate), downcast,
        downhearted, low.
        [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] -- Low"-spir`it*ed*ness,
        n.
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