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English Dictionary: dispirited	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for dispirited
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dispirited adj marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm; "a dispirited and divided Party"; "reacted to the crisis with listless resignation" Synonym(s): dispirited, listless 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" Synonym(s): gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dispirit \Dispir"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispirited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispiriting}.] [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dispirited \Dispir"ited\, a. Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- {Dispir"itedly}, adv. -- {Dispir"it*ed}, n.