1. (

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

) 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" ;