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Adjective: dispirited  di'spi-ri-tid
  1. Marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
    "a dispirited and divided Party";
    - listless
     
  2. Filled with melancholy and despondency
    "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face";
    - gloomy, grim, blue [informal], depressed, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited
Verb: dispirit  di'spi-rit
  1. Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
    "The news dispirited her";
    - depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, demoralize, demoralise [Brit]

See also: dejected, spiritless

Type of: discourage, frustrate

Encyclopedia: Dispirited

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