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# downhearted

adjective (downhearted, more downhearted, most downhearted)

«downhearted» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Downhearted means sad and without hope, feeling low after something has gone wrong: don't be downhearted if you lose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downhearted/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a character is downhearted when things go badly, and a kind friend cheers them up.

### Examples

- Don't be downhearted, you will do better next time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downhearted/#x1)
- The little boy was downhearted after the rain spoiled the picnic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downhearted/#x2)
- She felt downhearted when no one came to her party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downhearted/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «downhearted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/downhearted/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«downhearted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/downhearted.html) on Mova free.