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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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... made to get the thrummed sail under the ship's bottom. It seemed well-nigh hopeless, with the ship rolling and the heavy seas breaking over her. Murray and the other officers laboured as hard as any one, setting an example, by their energy and courage, to the men dispirited by the loss of so many of their shipmates. Two hawsers were at length got under the ship's bottom, when the sail filled with oakum was hauled over the part where the worst leaks were supposed to exist. Still the water rushed in. The efforts of the hands at the pumps were redoubled, and anxious ...

— The Three Lieutenants • W.H.G. Kingston

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... But his men facing about with the promptness and discipline of well-trained soldiers, the rear was converted into the front. The same forest of spears was presented to the attack; while an incessant discharge of balls punished the audacity of the cavaliers, who, broken and completely dispirited by their ineffectual attempt, at length imitated the example of the panic-struck foot, and ...

— History Of The Conquest Of Peru • William Hickling Prescott

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... Leon; and the searching party which had gone out in the morning, sure of prompt success, returned tired and dispirited. But their places were immediately taken by fresh recruits, Mr. Ford announcing that the matter would not be dropped, night or day, until all hope had to be ...

— Dorothy on a Ranch • Evelyn Raymond

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... done, she knew, except by her order; and her own hand longed to be in the work. A sudden cloud came over the brightness of her spirit. She had been very bright through all the strain and rush of the morning; now she suddenly felt tired and dispirited. ...

— A Red Wallflower • Susan Warner

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... promise of success. He had no ignoble suspicions of Amy, but it was impossible for him not to see that she habitually contrasted the young journalist, who laughingly made his way among men, with her grave, dispirited husband, who was not even capable of holding such position as he had gained. She enjoyed Milvain's conversation, it put her into a good humour; she liked him personally, and there could be no doubt that she had observed a jealous tendency in Reardon's attitude to his former friend—always ...

— New Grub Street • George Gissing

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