dispirited

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}]
    

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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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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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