dispirited
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of dispirited
Explanation
Dispirited means being down in the dumps or depressed. Losing his girlfriend and job on the same day could make someone dispirited — feeling gloomy and absolutely miserable. You could describe people who are dispirited as having no "spirit." Whether they've broken up with someone they loved or failed to get a promotion they've been working hard to earn, they feel sad, blue, and lack any sort of enthusiasm.
Vocabulary lists containing dispirited
The Red Pony
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The Wind in the Willows
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"Watership Down" by Richard Adams, Chapters 35-38
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Example Sentences
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Its cast includes the bickering members of a Sri Lankan hotel cleaner’s family, insecure American freshmen, dead-end third-tier college professors and their highflying Ivy League counterparts and dispirited university functionaries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
It was an example of what appeared to be Tudor's 'tough love' approach, as opposed to Frank's warmer and more empathetic style, leaving the Spurs squad looking even more dispirited than when he arrived.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
So dispirited are Raiders fans that a game that’s typically a silver-and-black takeover of SoFi Stadium was far closer to 50/50.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2025
Skipper Harry Brook and Jacob Bethell continued the momentum as they peppered the boundary to finish unbeaten on 35 and 36 respectively, as a dispirited West Indies bowling attack ran out of ideas.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2025
Nhamo sat by the mukwa log, too dispirited to work.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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