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bedröppelt (adj/adv)
   crestfallen, depressed, glum, gloomy; sheepish; befuddled, confused, dazed, woozy; covered with dew drops/water drops

Die Lufthansa-Piloten – und allen voran die Vereinigung Cockpit – stehen nun ziemlich bedröppelt da.
The Lufthansa pilots – and especially the Cockpit union – are looking rather sheepish.
Dumbledore: „…denn nach unserem herrlichen Festmahl werdet ihr sicher ein wenig bedröppelt sein…‟ („Harry Potter und der Gefangene von Askaban‟)
Dumbledore: “…before you become befuddled by our excellent feast…” (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)
Da war ich noch ganz bedröppelt von der Narkose...
There I was still quite woozy from the anesthesia...

Related:
benebelt befuddled, dazed, woozy
benommen dazed; bemused
betrübt saddened
konfus confused
niedergeschlagen dejected, despondent

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