dispirited

[ dih-spir-i-tid ]

adjective

1. discouraged; dejected; disheartened; gloomy.

dispirited

/ dɪˈspɪrɪtɪd /

adjective

1. low in spirit or enthusiasm; downhearted or depressed; discouraged

Derived Forms

• disˈpiritedness, noun
• disˈpiritedly, adverb

Other Words From

• dis·pirit·ed·ly adverb
• dis·pirit·ed·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dispirited¹

First recorded in 1640–50; dispirit + -ed ²

Example Sentences

I have dipped in and out when I can afford to feel angry or dispirited.

From Outside Online

Even partisans locked into their choices were probably dispirited at what they were witnessing.

From Washington Post

Only two years ago, with awful economic numbers and a dispirited opposition, he was riding high.

From The Daily Beast

Cameras panning to American fans showed dispirited faces, furrowed brows.

From The Daily Beast

While fans of snubbed teams will be furious, or dispirited, or both, Wellman will crush in the aftermath of Tourney selection.

From The Daily Beast

Such efforts have reenergized a movement that seemed, until recently, to be dispirited.

From The Daily Beast

It is a measure of just how dispirited the Democratic base is that its members were not sure that Obama had even this much in him.

From The Daily Beast

He acted dejected and dispirited, and if he could have talked would have asked the meaning of it all.

From Project Gutenberg

Full of fears, anxiety, and mistrust, it was a very dispirited Rabecque that now slowly followed Monsieur Gaubert into the inn.

From Project Gutenberg

He was now evidently exhausted by toil, and dispirited by disappointment.

From Project Gutenberg

I can hardly say why I have written this incoherent note; except, that I am dispirited, and thirst to talk to you.

From Project Gutenberg

To a lost wanderer, and especially to a dispirited woman, such magnitude was not sublime, but terrifying.

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Related Words

• crestfallen
• depressed
• despondent
• disheartened
• glum