filled with melancholy and despondency
e.g. gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
e.g. gloomy predictions
e.g. a gloomy silence
e.g. took a grim view of the economy
e.g. the darkening mood
e.g. lonely and blue in a strange city
e.g. depressed by the loss of his job
e.g. a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
e.g. downcast after his defeat
e.g. feeling discouraged and downhearted
Synonym: gloomy grim blue depressed dispirited down(p) downhearted down in the mouth low low-spirited