Dispirited Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-spĭrĭ-tĭd
Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. depressed
  2. demoralized
  3. saddened
  4. oppressed
  5. dismayed
  6. dejected
To make less hopeful or enthusiastic
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. disheartened
  2. discouraged
Affected or marked by low spirits; dejected.
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. depressed

Dispirited Sentence Examples

  • Avoiding the drop now looked to be beyond a very dispirited outfit.

  • The defenders were dispirited and torn by sedition and dissensions, and the emperor could rely on little more than 8000 fighting men, while the assailants, 200,000 strong, were animated by the wildest fanatical zeal.

  • The pretender led off his horde to meet the relieving force, but when he reached Taunton he found that his followers were so dispirited that disaster was certain.

  • Now I was pleased to be thinking of my homeward journey even tho I was a bit dispirited by my painful condition.

  • But I have spent several hours with these books and became increasingly dispirited.

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