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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm;
- Example: "a dispirited and divided Party"
- Example: "reacted to the crisis with listless resignation"
[syn: dispirited, listless]

2. filled with melancholy and despondency ;
- Example: "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"
- Example: "gloomy predictions"
- Example: "a gloomy silence"
- Example: "took a grim view of the economy"
- Example: "the darkening mood"
- Example: "lonely and blue in a strange city"
- Example: "depressed by the loss of his job"
- Example: "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"
- Example: "downcast after his defeat"
- Example: "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
[syn: gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            Not dispirited with my afflictions.   --Dryden.
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            He has dispirited himself by a debauch. --Collier.
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   2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.]
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            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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dispirited
    adj 1: marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm; "a
           dispirited and divided Party"; "reacted to the crisis
           with listless resignation" [syn: dispirited,
           listless]
    2: 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]