be+dispirited

  • 11dispirited — adjective Without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened. So dispirited were the troops after the loss of their beloved commander that they moped about and could barely be bothered to eat let alone load… …

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  • 12dispirited — dis|pir|it|ed [ dı spırıtəd ] adjective someone who is dispirited does not have the hope, enthusiasm, or interest that they had earlier …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 13dispirited — adjective discouraged or without hope: After six hours, dispirited and weary, they gave up the search. dispiritedly adverb …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14dispirited — UK [dɪˈspɪrɪtɪd] / US [dɪˈspɪrɪtəd] adjective someone who is dispirited does not have the hope, enthusiasm, or interest that they had earlier …

    English dictionary

  • 15dispirited — adjective see dispirit …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 16dispirited — dispiritedly, adv. dispiritedness, n. /di spir i tid/, adj. discouraged; dejected; disheartened; gloomy. [1640 50; DISPIRIT + ED2] * * * …

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  • 17dispirited — Synonyms and related words: 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 …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 18dispirited — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. dejected, depressed, disheartened; see sad 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. dejected, depressed, downhearted, melancholy, blue, glum, discouraged, *down in the dumps, disheartened, despondent, disconsolate. ANT.:… …

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  • 19dispirited — dis pir·it·ed || tɪd adj. downhearted, discouraged, despondent, dejected dis·pir·it || dɪ spɪrɪt v. dishearten, discourage, cause to lose hope or enthusiasm …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 20dispirited — a. Dejected, disheartened, depressed, discouraged, down hearted, downcast, despondent, cast down, crestfallen, chapfallen, down in the mouth …

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