Fourteen adjectives, derived from existing mood adjective checklists, describe purely affective components of depressed mood (defeated, depressed, fed up,downhearted, gloomy, helpless, hopeless, low, miserable, sad, sluggish, tired, unhappy, upset).
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She said that we must not bedownhearted.
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However, while it is a mistake to get too elated by a success, it is also wrong to get toodownheartedby setbacks.
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Do not let us bedownheartedat the thought of higher qualifications for people who want to enter higher education.
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We shall have a high rate of emigration, and the people who stay here will become more and moredownhearted.
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My colleagues should not bedownheartedabout the result of the election campaign.
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When two or three so-called prospective purchasers had visited the house of, if one likes, the simpleton, he would becomedownhearted.
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It is no reason for beingdownheartedbefore we start.
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I hope he will not getdownheartedabout it.
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Unfortunately, we also have to cope with the grief of the stricken, thedownheartedand the bereaved.
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We are notdownhearted, but, obviously, extremely disappointed.
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We tend these days to bedownheartedabout the coal industry.
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Do not bedownheartedif the worst comes to the worst.
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They are notdownheartedabout the prospects for their skills.
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