low-spirited

low-spirited
    adj 1: 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" [syn:
           {gloomy}, {grim}, {blue}, {depressed}, {dispirited},
           {down(p)}, {downcast}, {downhearted}, {down in the
           mouth}, {low}, {low-spirited}]
    

Low-spirited \Low"-spir`it*ed\, a.
   Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed;
   dispirited; not sprightly.

   Syn: depressed, dispirited, down(predicate), downcast,
        downhearted, low.
        [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] -- {Low"-spir`it*ed*ness},
        n.
        [1913 Webster]