down in the mouth

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

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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