downhearted

Used with adjective complement

• feel: But whilst to date the FTSE 100 may have relinquished its 2006 gains, perhaps we shouldn't feel too downhearted yet.
• get: He tries to be a magician too but easily gets downhearted when his spells go wrong.
• become: But he never became downhearted, nor did he lose his enthusiasm for new opening or new ideas.

Modifying Another Word

• too: Do not be too downhearted, we all have had to go through the same process.
• not: Captain Martin Shaw was not downhearted over the result declaring: It's been a pretty good shoot.
• n't: Despite being consigned to the reserves midweek when Ian Harte was selected at left back against Southampton, Domi is n't downhearted.
• very: The result was that the SHOs on that rota were a very downhearted bunch!