downheartedadjective
uk/ˌdaʊnˈhɑː.tɪd/us/ˌdaʊnˈhɑːr.t̬ɪd/unhappy and having no hope, especially because of a disappointment or failure:
After hearing the news of the defeat, she told supporters not to be downhearted.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not hopeful
- be in a funk idiom
- be on a hiding to nothing idiom
- chance
- defeatist
- dejected
- dim
- glum
- grim
- hiding
- hope
- hopeless
- lose
- negative
- not give much for sb's chances idiom
- not have a hope in hell idiom
- pessimism
- pessimistic
- prophet
- prophet of doom idiom
- win
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