LOW-SPIRITED, LOW SPIRITS
ADJECTIVES
► DAWLED low-spirited, down-hearted → 1790 Eng. dial.
► BEDDED ► BEDEAD dull, heavy, in low spirits, worn out → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BLUE depressed, low-spirited, sad, sorrowful, dismayed, downcast → a1450
► DAFFISH low-spirited → 1470-85 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► DAPOCAGINOUS that has a little or narrow heart; mean-spirited, low-spirited, heartless, of little worth → 1674 obs.
► DOWNHEARTED exhibiting low spirits; discouraged, despondent, gloomy → 1742
► DOWNSOME in low spirits; down, dispirited → 1888 colloq. obs.
► GLOMPY ► GLUMFIE ► GLUMPY sullen, morose, sour-looking; ill-humoured, low-spirited, grumpy → 1783 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GLUMPY glum, sullen, sulky, morose, gloomy; ill-tempered, low-spirited, grumpy → 1780 chiefly Eng. dial.
► GLUMSH sulky, ill-tempered, in low spirits → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► HEAVYSOME low-spirited, dull, drowsy → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► LOW-DOWN lacking energy; under the weather; low-in spirits → 1965 Amer. dial.
► MEAN unwell, in low spirits → M19 US sl.
► MOPSICAL moping, low-spirited, drooping → 1867 Eng. dial.
► NAZY ► NAZZY peevish, ill-tempered, irritable, cross; low-spirited → 1878 Eng. dial.
► VAPOURED suffering from nervous depression; low-spirited → 1670
► VAPOURISH inclined to depression or low-spirits → 1716-20
► VAPOURY inclined to depression or low spirits → 1771
NOUNS
► BLUE DEVILS. melancholy, depression, low spirits, the blues → 1810 Amer. dial.
► BLUES, THE depression of spirits, despondency → 1807 colloq.
► DISMALS a melancholy mood; the blues, gloom, low spirits → 1777 Amer. dial.
► DUMPS a fit of melancholy or depression; dejection, low spirits → 1535 colloq.
► GLOOMS low spirits, the blues → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GLUMSH sulkiness, surliness; a sullen look; lowness of spirits → 1825 Sc.
► HUMDRUMS low spirits, the dumps, depression → 1757 obs.
► KATZENJAMMERS low spirits after drinking → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MOPES, THE low spirits
NOUNS – PERSON
► MOPE a person who mopes; someone given to prolonged spells of gloom or dejection; a low-spirited, listless, melancholy person → 1693
VERBS
► DOWNCAST to bring a person into a state of dejection or low spirits → 1914
► FEEL FLAT to be low-spirited, out of sorts → 1838 Amer. sl.
► WAPE to feel low-spirited; to be nervous or solitary → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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