Word Meanings - LOW-SPIRITED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not sprightly. -- Low"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.
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- DEJECTION
1. A casting down; depression. Hallywell. 2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson. 3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. What besides, - DEJECTORY
1. Having power, or tending, to cast down. 2. Promoting evacuations by stool. Ferrand. - DISPIRITED
Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pir"it*ed, n. - GLOOMY
1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade." Milton. 2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper - DESPONDENCY
The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind. The unhappy prince seemed, during some days, to be sunk in despondency. Macaulay. - DESPOND
Despondency. The slough of despond. Bunyan. - DEJECTURE
That which is voided; excrements. Arbuthnot. - MELANCHOLY
1. Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess. Shak. 2. Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia. 3. Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness. - DEPRESSOMOTOR
Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement, as depressomotor nerves, which lower or inhibit muscular activity. -- n. - DESPONDINGLY
In a desponding manner. - DEJECTLY
Dejectedly. - DESPONDER
One who desponds. - DISPIRITMENT
Depression of spirits; discouragement. Procter, in evident distress and dispiritment, was waiting the slow conclusion of this. Carlyle. - DEPRESSOR
A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part. Depressor nerve , a nerve which lowers the activity of an organ; as, the depressor nerve of the heart. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor. - DEPRESSION
The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon. (more info) 1. The act of depressing. 2. The state of being depressed; a sinking. 3. A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness - DEPRESSANT
An agent or remedy which lowers the vital powers. - DESPONDENT
Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner. -- De*spond"ent*ly, adv. - DEJECTER
One who casts down, or dejects. - DISPIRIT
1. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage. Not dispirited with my afflictions. Dryden. He has dispirited himself by a debauch. Collier. 2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. This makes a man master - DOWNCAST
Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt. 'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. Dryden. - Down"cast`ly, adv. -- Down"cast`ness, n. - LOW-SPIRITED
Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not sprightly. -- Low"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.