Usually means: Feeling sad, discouraged, or hopeless.
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  1. downheartedness: Merriam-Webster
  2. downheartedness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. downheartedness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. downheartedness: Vocabulary.com
  5. downheartedness: Wiktionary
  6. downheartedness: Dictionary.com
  7. downheartedness: Rhymezone
  8. downheartedness: FreeDictionary.org
  9. downheartedness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. downheartedness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. downheartedness: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  The characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.

Similar:
low-spiritedness, dispiritedness, down-heartedness, downcastness, disheartenment, despondence, low-heartedness, downness, deadheartedness, lowheartedness, more...

Opposite:
uplift, encouragement, inspiration, positivity, hopefulness

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Similar:
low-spiritedness, dispiritedness, down-heartedness, downcastness, disheartenment, despondence, low-heartedness, downness, deadheartedness, lowheartedness, more...

Opposite:
uplift, encouragement, inspiration, positivity, hopefulness



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