[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

downhearted \down"heart`ed\, a.
   dejected; low-spirited.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

downhearted
     adj : low in spirits; "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: blue,
            depressed, dispirited, downp, downcast, down
           in the mouth, low, low-spirited
see also:
blue depressed dispirited downp downcast down in the mouth 
low low-spirited 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

38 moby thesaurus words for "downhearted":
   blue, bowed-down, cast down, dashed, dejected, depressed,
   despairing, despondent, desponding, disconsolate, discouraged,
   disheartened, dispirited, down, downcast, drooping, droopy,
   feeling low, heartless, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal,
   in low spirits, in the depths, in the doldrums, in the dumps,
   languishing, low, low-spirited, miserable, pessimistic, pining,
   sad, spiritless, subdued, suicidal, weary of life, woebegone,
   world-weary

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