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Down in the mouth   /daʊn ɪn ðə maʊθ/   Listen
Down in the mouth

adjective
1.
Filled with melancholy and despondency.  Synonyms: blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited.  "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"






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"Down in the mouth" Quotes from Famous Books



... ease in that company, and did not eat with any heartiness. Pere Leonard rallied him about it.—"You seem very down in the mouth," he said, "and you're sulking with your glass. You mustn't let love spoil your appetite, for a fasting lover can't find so many pretty things to say as the man who has sharpened up his wits with a mouthful ...
— The Devil's Pool • George Sand



Words linked to "Down in the mouth" :   dejected



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