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dispirited::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | listless |
| Derivation | dispiritedness |
a dispirited and divided Party.
dispirited::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blue, depressed, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited |
| Derivation | dispiritedness |
a dispirited and resigned expression on her face.
Examples of dispirited
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Dispirited protesters quietly boarded government buses watched over by soldiers.
From the abcnews.go.com
Republican voters are fired up and ready to vote, while liberals are dispirited.
From the bostonherald.com
Sans Kovalchuk, the dispirited New Jersey squad fell 6-1 to the visiting Sabres.
From the stltoday.com
Leadership at the school was nonexistent, the faculty fragmented and dispirited.
From the time.com
Only Churchtown Boy, receiving 22lbs, was creeping free of the dispirited pack.
From the independent.co.uk
Voters depressed with the direction of the country became even more dispirited.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
What he found was a dispirited place that had bigger priorities than athletics.
From the news-journalonline.com
But ultimately the workers became dispirited and the customers became frustrated.
From the forbes.com
Next day, Spanish Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez made a dispirited opening address.
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- Marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm; "a dispirited and divided Party"; "reacted to the crisis with listless resignation"
- Gloomy: 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 ...
- (dispiritedly) in a dispirited manner without hope; "the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances"
- (dispiritedness) downheartedness: a feeling of low spirits; "he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits"
- (dispiriting) demoralizing: destructive of morale and self-reliance
- Without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened
- (dispiriting) Lowering the morale of; making despondent or depressive; disheartening
- Depress: lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
- Lower the morale of; make despondent; dishearten
