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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Low in spirit; depressed. synonym: depressed.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Dejected; depressed; discouraged.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Dejected; low-spirited.

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  • adjective sad

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective filled with melancholy and despondency

Etymologies

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Blend of down and heart +ed

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