A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits

• unhappiness

  1. The feeling of not being happy

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• sadness

  1. (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
  2. (countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.

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• mournfulness

  1. The property of being mournful.

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• mope

  1. To think gloomily and persistently about something; be dejected.
  2. To move in a listless or aimless manner, especially from being sad or depressed:
  3. A person given to gloomy or dejected moods.

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• heavy-heartedness

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• glumness

  1. The emotion of being glum.

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• gloom

  1. Partial or total darkness; dimness:
  2. A partially or totally dark place, area, or location.
  3. An atmosphere of melancholy or depression:

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• funk

  1. A strong, usually unpleasant smell; reek.

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• dysphoria

  1. An emotional state characterized by anxiety, depression, or unease.

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• dumps

  1. A gloomy, melancholy state of mind; depression. Often used with the :

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• downheartedness

  1. The characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.

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• dolefulness

  1. The characteristic of being doleful; sadness.

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• doldrums

  1. A period of stagnation or slump.
  2. A period of depression or unhappy listlessness.
  3. A region of the ocean near the equator, characterized by calms, light winds, or squalls.

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• despondency

  1. Depression of spirits from loss of hope, confidence, or courage; dejection.

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• despondence

  1. Despondency.

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• depression

  1. The act of depressing.
  2. The condition of being depressed.
  3. An area that is sunk below its surroundings; a hollow.

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• dejection

  1. The state of being dejected; low spirits.
  2. Evacuation of the intestinal tract; defecation.

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• blues

  1. A state of depression or melancholy. Often used with the.
  2. A style of music that evolved from southern African-American secular songs and is usually distinguished by a strong 4/4 rhythm, flatted thirds and sevenths, a 12-bar structure, and lyrics in a three-line stanza in which the second line repeats the first:

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In low spirits

• wistful

  1. Full of melancholy longing or wishful yearning:
  2. Expressing sadness or yearning:

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• unhappy

  1. Not happy or joyful; sad or sorrowful:
  2. Not satisfied; displeased or discontented:
  3. Not attended by or bringing good fortune; unlucky:

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• tristful

  1. Sorrowful; gloomy.

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• spiritless

  1. Lacking energy or enthusiasm; listless.

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• sad

  1. Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness:
  2. Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing:
  3. Deplorable or inadequate; sorry:

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• melancholic

  1. Affected with or subject to melancholy.
  2. Of or relating to melancholia.

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• low

  1. Having little relative height; not high or tall:
  2. Rising only slightly above surrounding surfaces:
  3. Near to the ground or the horizon:

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• heavy-hearted

  1. Melancholy; depressed; sad.

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• gloomy

  1. Partially or totally dark, especially dismal and dreary:
  2. Showing or filled with gloom:
  3. Causing or producing gloom; depressing:

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• dysphoric

  1. pertaining to dysphoria, or of being in a state of dysphoria

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• dull

  1. Arousing little interest; lacking liveliness; boring:
  2. Not brisk or rapid; sluggish:
  3. Not having a sharp edge or point; blunt:

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• downhearted

  1. Low in spirit; depressed.

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• downcast

  1. Directed downward:
  2. Low in spirits; depressed.

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• down

  1. From a higher to a lower place or position:
  2. Toward, to, or on the ground, floor, or bottom:
  3. Downstairs:

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• dispirited

  1. Affected or marked by low spirits; dejected.

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• desolate

  1. Devoid of inhabitants; deserted:
  2. Barren; lifeless:
  3. Feeling, showing, causing, or expressing sadness or loneliness.

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• depressed

  1. Low in spirits; dejected.
  2. Suffering from clinical depression.
  3. Sunk below the surrounding region:

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• dejected

  1. Being in low spirits; depressed.

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• blue

  1. The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between green and indigo, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 420 to 490 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation, whose hue is that of a clear daytime sky; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.
  2. A pigment or dye imparting this hue.
  3. Bluing.

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Tending to cause sadness or low spirits

• sad

  1. Showing, expressing, or feeling sorrow or unhappiness:
  2. Causing sorrow or gloom; depressing:
  3. Deplorable or inadequate; sorry:

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• joyless

  1. Cheerless; dismal.

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• gloomy

  1. Partially or totally dark, especially dismal and dreary:
  2. Showing or filled with gloom:
  3. Causing or producing gloom; depressing:

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• dispiriting

  1. Lowering the morale of; making despondent or depressive; disheartening.
  2. Present participle of dispirit.

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• dismal

  1. Causing gloom or depression; dreary:
  2. Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit:
  3. Dreadful; disastrous.

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• depressing

  1. Causing especially emotional depression.
  2. Dismal; dreary:

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• cheerless

  1. Lacking cheer; depressing.

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• blue

  1. The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between green and indigo, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 420 to 490 nanometers; any of a group of colors that may vary in lightness and saturation, whose hue is that of a clear daytime sky; one of the additive or light primaries; one of the psychological primary hues.
  2. A pigment or dye imparting this hue.
  3. Bluing.

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Sad; said of persons

• dispirited

  1. Affected or marked by low spirits; dejected.

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• unhappy

  1. Not happy or joyful; sad or sorrowful:
  2. Not satisfied; displeased or discontented:
  3. Not attended by or bringing good fortune; unlucky:

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• depressed

  1. Low in spirits; dejected.
  2. Suffering from clinical depression.
  3. Sunk below the surrounding region:

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Depressing; said of information or events

• saddening

  1. Present participle of sadden.
  2. Causing sadness.

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• unfortunate

  1. Having bad luck; unlucky.
  2. Characterized by, bringing, or causing misfortune:
  3. Regrettable; deplorable:

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• dreary

  1. Dismal; bleak.
  2. Boring; dull:

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