downhearted

«downhearted» in Mova's school dictionary: sad and without hope, feeling low after something has… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (downhearted, more downhearted, most downhearted)

meaning for a pupil

Downhearted means sad and without hope, feeling low after something has gone wrong: don't be downhearted if you lose. tree →

sense 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 →
• The little boy was downhearted after the rain spoiled the picnic. tree →
• She felt downhearted when no one came to her party. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «downhearted» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.