• to be at bay, to show fight
• to present an unbroken front
• dejected, dumpy, listless, moody, out of humour, peevish, pettish, sour, stuporous
• dejectedly, listlessly, moodily, peevishly, sourly
• dejectedness, droop, listlessness
• to do sg with a bad grace
• to deject, to depress, to discourage, to get sy down, to put off