Dispirit \Dis*pir"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.
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Not dispirited with my afflictions. --Dryden.
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He has dispirited himself by a debauch. --Collier.
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2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.]
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dispirited \dis*pir"it*ed\, a.
Depressed in spirits; deprived of cheer or enthusiasm;
disheartened; discouraged; daunted.
Syn: depressed, down(predicate), downcast, downhearted, low,
low-spirited, disheartened, discouraged, demoralized.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dispirited
adj 1: marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm; "a dispirited
and divided Party"; "reacted to the crisis with
listless resignation" [syn: listless]
2: low in spirits; "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" [syn: blue,
depressed, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down
in the mouth, low, low-spirited]
WordNet (r) 2.0
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "dispirited":
blase, blue, bowed-down, cast down, dashed, dejected, depressed,
despairing, despondent, desponding, disconsolate, discouraged,
disheartened, down, downcast, downhearted, drooping, droopy,
fed-up, feeling low, good and tired, heartless, hypochondriac,
hypochondriacal, in low spirits, in the depths, in the doldrums,
in the dumps, irked, jaded, languishing, life-weary, low,
low-spirited, melancholic, melancholy, pessimistic, pining, sad,
satiated, sick, sick of, spiritless, splenetic, subdued, suicidal,
tired, tired of, tired of living, tired to death, wearied,
weariful, weary, weary of life, weary unto death, woebegone,
world-weary
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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