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downhearted, a.|-hɑːtɪd|
Having the heart ‘down’ (see down adv. 18); discouraged, low-spirited. (‘A colloquial word.’ Todd 1818.)
a1774Goldsm. Ess. (L.), Come, my good fellow, don't be downhearted; cheer up. 1860Ruskin in Anne Ritchie Rec. Tennyson, etc. 29 Sept. (1892) 136, I am very glad to have your letter..having been downhearted lately. 1869Goulburn Purs. Holiness xxi. 199 To console many a down-hearted Christian.
Hence downˈheartedly adv.; also downˈheartedness.
1655W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. Introd. v. (1669) 174, I..find it come off as weakly and down-heartedly as before. a1863Thackeray Haggarty's Wife (1887) 281 His down⁓heartedness..surprised..his acquaintances. |