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/dɪspˈɪrətɪd/ Listen

verb

Dispirit v. t. (past & past part. dispirited; pres. part. dispiriting)

To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage. "Not dispirited with my afflictions." "He has dispirited himself by a debauch."

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."

Synonyms: To dishearten; discourage; deject; damp; depress; cast down; intimidate; daunt; cow.

adjective

dispirited adj. Depressed in spirits; deprived of cheer or enthusiasm; disheartened; discouraged; daunted.

Synonyms: depressed, down(predicate), downcast, downhearted, low, low-spirited, disheartened, discouraged, demoralized.

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Etymology of 'Dispirited'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Barrington walked about the crowded streets in a dispirited fashion. His conversation with the renegade seemed to have taken all the heart out of him. He still had a number of the leaflets, but the task of distributing them had suddenly grown distasteful and after a while he discontinued it. All ...

— The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists • Robert Tressell

... the safety of an Empire, and assumes such a brilliant situation, he must be weak-minded and despicable indeed, if he does not show himself worthy of it by endeavouring to succeed, or perish in the attempt. The French emigrant, General Dumas, evinced what might have been done, even with the dispirited Neapolitan troops, whom he neither deserted, nor with ...

— Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete - Being Secret Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman in London • Lewis Goldsmith

... a national host of warriors; a period long enough to drop out the corrupted elements and replace them with the better trained rising generation,—the nation was prepared for accomplishing the victories of Saul and David. But for Samuel no great captains would have arisen to lead the scattered and dispirited hosts of Israel against the Philistines and other enemies. He was thus a political leader as well as a religious teacher, combining the offices of judge and prophet. Everybody felt that he was directly ...

— Beacon Lights of History, Volume II • John Lord

... instrument, but he is stronger, while the wife is weaker bodily, as well as timid and more easily dispirited; therefore, you are so to conduct and walk in respect to her, that she may be able to bear it. You must proceed in this case just as with other instruments wherewith you labor; just as when you would have a good sickle, you must not hack upon the stone with it. ...

— The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained • Martin Luther

... days. The snow lay deep, and was slightly frozen on the surface, but not sufficiently to bear their weight. Their feet became sore by breaking through the crust, and their limbs weary by floundering on without a firm foothold. So exhausted and dispirited were they, that they began to think it would be better to remain and run the risk of being killed by the Indians, than to drag on thus painfully, with the probability of perishing by the way. Their miserable horse fared no better than themselves, having for the first day or two no other forage than ...

— The Great Salt Lake Trail • Colonel Henry Inman

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