DISPIRIT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they dispirit ... he / she / it dispirits

Past simple: dispirited

Past participle: dispirited

-ing form: dispiriting

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

Example:

The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her

Synonyms:

cast down; deject; demoralise; demoralize; depress; dismay; dispirit; get down

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "dispirit" is one way to...):

discourage (deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dispirit"):

chill (depress or discourage)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The bad news will dispirit him

Credits

Context examples:

That wine was not imported among us from foreign countries to supply the want of water or other drinks, but because it was a sort of liquid which made us merry by putting us out of our senses, diverted all melancholy thoughts, begat wild extravagant imaginations in the brain, raised our hopes and banished our fears, suspended every office of reason for a time, and deprived us of the use of our limbs, till we fell into a profound sleep; although it must be confessed, that we always awaked sick and dispirited; and that the use of this liquor filled us with diseases which made our lives uncomfortable and short.