Downhearted
Downhearted adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Usage example: downhearted because his best friend was taking a job out of state
Melancholic and downhearted are semantically related in happy topic. In some cases you can use "Melancholic" instead an adjective "Downhearted".
Melancholic
Melancholic adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Usage example: she becomes quite melancholic when she reflects on all the lost opportunities of her life
Downhearted and melancholic are semantically related in depressed topic. Sometimes you can use "Downhearted" instead an adjective "Melancholic", if it concerns topics such as happy.
Nearby Words: melancholy, melancholia
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- low and downhearted
- low and melancholic
- down and downhearted
- down and melancholic
- melancholy and downhearted
- melancholy and melancholic
- dismal and downhearted
- dismal and melancholic
- downcast and downhearted
- downcast and melancholic
- dejected and downhearted
- dejected and melancholic
- depressed and downhearted
- depressed and melancholic
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