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DISPIRITED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Filled with melancholy and despondency
Example:
feeling discouraged and downhearted
Synonyms:
blue; depressed; dispirited; down; down in the mouth; downcast; downhearted; gloomy; grim; low; low-spirited
Classified under:
Similar:
dejected (affected or marked by low spirits)
Derivation:
dispiritedness (a feeling of low spirits)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
Example:
reacted to the crisis with listless resignation
Synonyms:
dispirited; listless
Classified under:
Similar:
spiritless (lacking ardor or vigor or energy)
Derivation:
dispiritedness (a feeling of low spirits)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb dispirit
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