dispirit
to deprive of spirit, hope, enthusiasm, etc.; depress; discourage; dishearten.
Origin of dispirit
1Words Nearby dispirit
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use dispirit in a sentence
Even by the mid-1980s, activists and historians, dispirited by a lack of parliamentary political victories, had begun to compare West Germany’s liberation movement unfavorably with that in the United States.
The problem with a U.S.-centric understanding of Pride and LGBTQ rights | Samuel Huneke | June 4, 2021 | Washington PostHe cannot hope to defeat Tesse, but he may wear out and dispirit his men by constant attacks.
The Bravest of the Brave | G. A. HentyWilliam, like a wise general as he was, took care that the news of his accident should not dispirit his men.
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 | Mary Frances CusackLike most energetic women, a first failure did not daunt or dispirit her, it only roused her energies the more vigorously.
It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) | Mrs. WoodFitzosborne urged the duke not to allow such events to depress or dispirit him.
William the Conqueror | Jacob Abbott
Everything to dispirit; but my invalids are really on the mend.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for dispirit
/ (dɪˈspɪrɪt) /
(tr) to lower the spirit or enthusiasm of; make downhearted or depressed; discourage
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse