as in depressed
feeling unhappiness downhearted because his best friend was taking a job out of state

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“Downhearted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downhearted. Accessed 7 Dec. 2022.

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