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adjective
- 1. having lost enthusiasm and hope; disheartened: "she was determined to appear unworried in front of her dispirited family"
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DISPIRITED definition: 1. not feeling much hope about a particular situation or problem: 2. not feeling much hope about a…. Learn more.
: to deprive of morale or enthusiasm. dispirited. (ˌ)di-ˈspir-ə-təd. -ˈspi-rət. adjective. dispiritedly adverb. dispiritedness noun. Synonyms. chill. daunt. demoralize. discourage. dishearten. dismay. frustrate. unman. unnerve. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of dispirit in a Sentence.
DISPIRITED meaning: 1. not feeling much hope about a particular situation or problem: 2. not feeling much hope about a…. Learn more.
Dispirited definition: discouraged; dejected; disheartened; gloomy.. See examples of DISPIRITED used in a sentence.
Dispirited means being down in the dumps or depressed. Losing his girlfriend and job on the same day could make someone dispirited — feeling gloomy and absolutely miserable.
Dispirit definition: to deprive of spirit, hope, enthusiasm, etc.; depress; discourage; dishearten.. See examples of DISPIRIT used in a sentence.
adjective. dispiritedly (disˈpiritedly) adverb. Word Frequency. dispirit in American English. (dɪˈspɪrɪt) transitive verb. to deprive of spirit, hope, enthusiasm, etc.; depress; discourage; dishearten. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
Verb. Filter. adjective. Affected or marked by low spirits; dejected. American Heritage. Without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened. So dispirited were the troops after the loss of their beloved commander that they moped about and could barely be bothered to eat let alone load their guns. Wiktionary.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 How to use dispirited in a sentence Only two years ago, with awful economic numbers and a dispirited opposition, he was riding high.
Definition of dispirited adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
