beats to the punch (verb) jump the gun: get a head start
Sinonime: anxious, at end of one's rope,
blue, brokenhearted, can't win,
cynical,
dejected,
depressed,
desperate, disconsolate, downcast,
forlorn,
frantic, grief-stricken,
hopeless, in pain, in the dumps, in the pits, in the soup, inconsolable, melancholic,
melancholy, miserable, no-win, not a prayer,
oppressed,
pessimistic,
sad, shot down, strabilious, suicidal, sunk, weighed down, wretched
Antonime: confident,
encouraged, expectant,
hopeful