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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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]

3. 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]

Thesaurus Results for dispirited:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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