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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, depressed, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited

1. Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
   - depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, demoralize, demoralise [Brit]

See also: dejected, dispiritedly, dispiritedness, spiritless

Type of: discourage