'Down in the mouth' definitions:
Definition of 'down in the mouth'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "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: gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited]
Definition of 'Down in the mouth'
From: GCIDE
- Mouth \Mouth\ (mouth), n.; pl. Mouths (mou[th]z). [OE. mouth, mu[thorn], AS. m[=u][eth]; akin to D. mond, OS. m[=u][eth], G. mund, Icel. mu[eth]r, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan. mund, Goth. mun[thorn]s, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D. muil mouth, muzzle, G. maul, OHG. m[=u]la, Icel. m[=u]li, and Skr. mukha mouth.]
- 1. The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips and the pharynx; the buccal cavity. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice; aperture; as: (a) The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc. (b) The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit, well, or den. (c) The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged. (d) The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged. (e) The entrance into a harbor. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters the mouth of an animal. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece. [1913 Webster]
- Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street where he lives. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Cry; voice. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Speech; language; testimony. [1913 Webster]
- That in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. --Matt. xviii. 16. [1913 Webster]
- 7. A wry face; a grimace; a mow. [1913 Webster]
- Counterfeit sad looks, Make mouths upon me when I turn my back. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Down at the mouth or Down in the mouth, chapfallen; of dejected countenance; depressed; discouraged. [Obs. or Colloq.]
- Mouth friend, one who professes friendship insincerely. --Shak.
- Mouth glass, a small mirror for inspecting the mouth or teeth.
- Mouth honor, honor given in words, but not felt. --Shak.
- Mouth organ. (Mus.) (a) Pan's pipes. See Pandean. (b) An harmonicon.
- Mouth pipe, an organ pipe with a lip or plate to cut the escaping air and make a sound.
- To stop the mouth, to silence or be silent; to put to shame; to confound.
- To put one's foot in one's mouth, to say something which causes one embarrassment.
- To run off at the mouth, to speak excessively.
- To talk out of both sides of one's mouth, to say things which are contradictory. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. --Ps. lxiii. 11. [1913 Webster]
- Whose mouths must be stopped. --Titus i. 11. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Down in the mouth'
From: GCIDE
- Down \Down\, a.
- 1. Downcast; as, a down look. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Downright; absolute; positive; as, a down denial. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway. [1913 Webster]
- Down draught, a downward draft, as in a flue, chimney, shaft of a mine, etc.
- Down in the mouth, Down at the mouth chopfallen; dejected. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'down in the mouth'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bowed-down,
- cast down,
- dashed,
- dejected,
- depressed,
- despairing,
- despondent,
- desponding,
- discouraged,
- disheartened,
- dispirited,
- down,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- drooping,
- droopy,
- feeling low,
- heartless,
- hypochondriac,
- hypochondriacal,
- in low spirits,
- in the depths,
- in the doldrums,
- in the dumps,
- languishing,
- low,
- low-spirited,
- pessimistic,
- pining,
- spiritless,
- subdued,
- suicidal,
- weary of life,
- woebegone,
- world-weary
Words containing 'Down in the mouth'
- Down at the mouth,
- Mouth,
- Mouthed,
- Mouthful,
- Mouthfuls,
- Mouthing,
- Mouths,
- mouth off,
- By word of mouth,
- Mouth friend,
- Mouth glass,
- Mouth honor,
- Mouth organ,
- Mouth pipe,
- Plaice mouth,
- Pouch mouth,
- The mouth waters,
- To flap in the mouth,
- To have the heart in the mouth,
- To run off at the mouth,
- To stop the mouth,
- big mouth,
- canker of the mouth,
- dragon's mouth,
- dry mouth,
- foam at the mouth,
- foaming at the mouth,
- foul mouthed,
- froth at the mouth,
- frothing at the mouth,
- hand to mouth,
- mouth blowpipe,
- mouth bow,
- mouth harp,
- mouth hole,
- mouth watering,
- mouth-to-mouth resuscitation,
- roof of the mouth,
- trench mouth,
- word of mouth,
- Bell-mouthed,
- Bird's-mouth,
- Black-mouthed,
- Deep-mouthed,
- Flap-mouthed,
- Foot and mouth disease,
- Foul-mouthed,
- Hard-mouthed,
- Honey-mouthed,
- Hot-mouthed,
- Loud-mouthed,
- Meal-mouthed,
- Mealy-mouthed,
- Mealy-mouthness,
- Mouth-footed,
- Mouth-made,
- Pouch-mouthed,
- To laugh out of the other corner of the mouth,
- To laugh out of the other side of the mouth,
- To live from hand to mouth,
- Tut-mouthed,
- green adder's mouth,
- hand-to-mouth,
- large-mouthed,
- loud-mouth,
- mouth-watering,
- narrow-mouthed,
- shoot one's mouth off,
- shut one's mouth,
- word-of-mouth,
- To look a gift horse in the mouth,
- To talk out of both sides of one's mouth,
- big-mouthed buffalofish,
- foot-and-mouth disease,
- hoof-and-mouth disease,
- keep one's mouth shut,
- red-mouth grunt,
- small-mouthed buffalofish,
- To put one's foot in one's mouth,
- eastern narrow-mouthed toad,
- western narrow-mouthed toad