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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. [1913 Webster] Not dispirited with my afflictions. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] He has dispirited himself by a debauch. --Collier. [1913 Webster] 2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

57 Moby Thesaurus words for "dispirited": 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 tired, heartless, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal, in low spirits, in the depths, in the doldrums, in the dumps, irked, jaded, languishing, life-weary, low, low-spirited, melancholic, melancholy, pessimistic, pining, sad, satiated, sick, sick of, spiritless, splenetic, subdued, suicidal, tired, tired of, tired of living, tired to death, wearied, weariful, weary, weary of life, weary unto death, woebegone, world-weary