dispirited
Variant of dispirit
dispirit
Definition
dispirit (di spir′it)
transitive verb
to lower the spirits of; make sad, discouraged, or apathetic; depress; deject
dispirited
Synonyms
dispirited
Usage Examples
Object
- bit: Now I was pleased to be thinking of my homeward journey even tho I was a bit dispirited by my painful condition.
- people: This being presently finished, they gave the dispirited people good advice, and showed them how to furnish themselves with arms.
- troop: To restore the situation General Jose Miaja took over personal command of the dispirited Republican troops on 15th February.
- democrat: The jokes work as long as Franken sticks to the point of the book: delivering an entertaining polemic while rallying dispirited Democrats.
- team: Mendieta led Ian Harte a merry dance and struck repeatedly at a dispirited team.
- day: Hereupon a timorous guard was placed upon the fortification, where, dazed with fear, they became ever more dispirited day by day.
Modifying Another Word
- very: Avoiding the drop now looked to be beyond a very dispirited outfit.
- increasingly: But I have spent several hours with these books and became increasingly dispirited.
- rather: Rather dispirited I tried again, but there was no spark.
- little: The second half was more of the same with the Huddersfield players guilty of wasting possession, perhaps looking a little dispirited.
- not: But our lady, the cook, with true British pluck, was not dispirited.
- pretty: I was feeling pretty dispirited, lacking in both enthusiasm and energy, and was forced to stop several times during the climb.
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