1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Grieve.

2. (a.) Sad; sorrowful; causing grief.

3. (n.) The act of causing grief; the state of being grieved.

affording no hope apathetic bleak blue bowed-down cast down cheerless comfortless dashed dejected depressed despairing desperate desponding disconsolate discouraged disheartened dismal dispirited down downcast downhearted drooping droopy feeling low forlorn grieving grim heartless hopeless hypochondriac hypochondriacal in despair in low spirits in the depths in the doldrums in the dumps languishing low low-spirited melancholy miserable morose mourning pessimistic pining sad sorrowful spiritless subdued suicidal unhappy unhopeful weary of life without hope woebegone world-weary