The DICT Development Group

  Low-spirited \Low"-spir`it*ed\, a.
     Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed;
     dispirited; not sprightly.
  
     Syn: depressed, dispirited, down(predicate), downcast,
          downhearted, low.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] -- Low"-spir`it*ed*ness,
          n.
          [1913 Webster]

  low-spirited
      adj 1: 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]