Dispirited

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Dis*pir"it*ed*ly}, adv. --
          {Dis*pir"it*ed}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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