dispiritedadjective
uk/dɪˈspɪr.ɪ.tɪd/us/dɪˈspɪr.ə.t̬ɪd/not feeling much hope about a particular situation or problem:
The troops were dispirited and disorganized.
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Not hopeful
- be in a funk idiom
- be on a hiding to nothing idiom
- chance
- defeatist
- dejected
- dim
- glum
- grim
- hiding
- hope
- hopeless
- lose
- negative
- not give much for sb's chances idiom
- not have a hope in hell idiom
- pessimism
- pessimistic
- prophet
- prophet of doom idiom
- win
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dispiriting
adjective uk/dɪˈspɪr.ɪ.tɪŋ/us/dɪˈspɪr.ə.t̬ɪŋ/
It was a bit dispiriting to see so few people at the meeting.