Filled with melancholy and despondency. Synonyms: blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited. "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"
