'Dispirited' definitions:
Definition of 'dispirited'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm; "a dispirited and divided Party"; "reacted to the crisis with listless resignation" [syn: dispirited, listless]
adjective
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" [syn: gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited]
Definition of 'Dispirited'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dispirited'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- Not dispirited with my afflictions. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- He has dispirited himself by a debauch. --Collier. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'dispirited'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dispirited'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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