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[ dih-spir-i-tid ] / dɪˈspɪr ɪ tɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR dispirited ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivediscouraged; dejected; disheartened; gloomy. Origin of dispiritedFirst recorded in 1640–50; dispirit + -ed2 OTHER WORDS FROM dispiriteddis·pir·it·ed·ly, adverbdis·pir·it·ed·ness, nounWords nearby dispiriteddispersive power, dispersoid, disphenoid, dispireme, dispirit, dispirited, dispiriting, dispiteous, displace, displaced, displaced homemaker Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dispiritedOnly two years ago, with awful economic numbers and a dispirited opposition, he was riding high. What Republicans Need Right Now Is a Good Internal Fight|James Poulos|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST While fans of snubbed teams will be furious, or dispirited, or both, Wellman will crush in the aftermath of Tourney selection. Meet the Man to Hate on Selection Sunday|Matt Gallagher|March 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Such efforts have reenergized a movement that seemed, until recently, to be dispirited. Political Parity’s Drive to Help Women Win|Leslie Bennetts|January 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST It is a measure of just how dispirited the Democratic base is that its members were not sure that Obama had even this much in him. Obama's Finally Ready to Rumble|Eric Alterman|September 8, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He never saw anyone abuse prisoners, whom he describes as a dispirited lot for the most part. My Father, The Inglourious Basterd|Kim Masters|August 9, 2009|DAILY BEAST Her mind was so much weakened that she still fancied present exertion impossible, and therefore it only dispirited her more. Sense and Sensibility|Jane Austen It was of the last importance that the drooping, wearied, and dispirited garrison should be relieved by fresh men. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan Accordingly he swung along at such a rate that Bryce soon dropped behind, breathless and dispirited. The Lost Valley|J. M. Walsh But if we were so weary and dispirited, what must Miss Jessie have been! Cranford|Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Cut off from society by my deafness, and dispirited by my ill health, where could I be better? The PG Edition of Chesterfield's Letters to His Son|The Earl of Chesterfield
British Dictionary definitions for dispirited
adjectivelow in spirit or enthusiasm; downhearted or depressed; discouraged Derived forms of dispiriteddispiritedly, adverbdispiritedness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to dispiritedcrestfallen, depressed, glum, despondent, disheartened, down, blue, low, discouraged, dragged, disconsolate, downbeat, downcast, downhearted, funky, gloomy, melancholy, morose, spiritless, woebegone |