DISPIRITED

gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited

(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”

dispirited, listless

(adjective) marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm; “a dispirited and divided Party”; “reacted to the crisis with listless resignation”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

dispirited

simple past tense and past participle of dispirit

Adjective

dispirited (comparative more dispirited, superlative most dispirited)

Without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*pir"it*ed, a.

Definition: Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted.

– Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv.

– Dis*pir"it*ed, n.

DISPIRIT

Dis*pir"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispirited; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispiriting.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + spirit.]

1. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage. Not dispirited with my afflictions. Dryden. He has dispirited himself by a debauch. Collier.

2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.] This makes a man master of his learning, and dispirits the book into the scholar. Fuller.

Syn.

– To dishearten; discourage; deject; damp; depress; cast down; intimidate; daunt; cow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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