down in the mouth

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down in the mouth - filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "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"

downhearted, low-spirited, downcast, gloomy, dispirited, blue, depressed, grim, down, low

dejected - affected or marked by low spirits; "is dejected but trying to look cheerful"

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blue
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dispirited
down-in-the-mouth

downcast
downhearted
gloomy
low-spirited

You percave the little spalpeen is summat down in the mouth, and wears his lift hand in a sling, and it's for that same thing, by yur lave, that I'm going to give you the good rason.

Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context

She can't get to Soldier Boy, and he stands there all the time, down in the mouth and lonesome; and she says will you shake hands with him and comfort him?

A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context

Andres went off rather down in the mouth, swearing he would go to look for the valiant Don Quixote of La Mancha and tell him exactly what had happened, and that all would have to be repaid him sevenfold; but for all that, he went off weeping, while his master stood laughing.

Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context

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