dispirited
5
5.4
- adjective
- /dɪsˈpɪrɪtɪd/
:
desalentado
- After losing the match, the team felt dispirited and unsure of their next steps.
Does education actually produce cynicism, or how can it be framed so that people aren't dispirited?
- Does education actually produce cynicism, or how can it be framed so that people aren't dispirited?
Examples
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The Pals, scared, dispirited, weary, consumed by the crowd.
Fiction book (1992) -
The Miami team now looks like a dispirited, undisciplined group looking for leadership.
Blog text (31) -
What happened in 2010 was that a dispirited Democratic base stayed home.
Blog text (30) -
Some are tired, dispirited; others are wounded.
Fiction book (1993) -
I had been such a silent, dispirited companion.
Fiction book (1997) -
Exhausted and dispirited, I slumped down.
Fiction book (1995) -
A dispirited public was eager for heroes, and the words of a defiant writer became nourishment for the soul.
Academic text (2010) -
Tuesday, after work, Livia, an unmarried woman of thirty-five, stopped in at a dispirited beauty salon on the border of Boston and Godolphin.
Fiction book (2000) -
Ile nods untruthfully, dispirited, thinking he must find a new profession, which won't be easy at his age, forty-one.
Fiction book (1990) -
The monster loomed closer, and the companions raised their weapons as a group, too tired—and too dispirited—to flee.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
441
3.5
Feeling very sad and without hope
336
1.0
Feeling sad or without energy
205
2.1
Feeling sad or unhappy
73
4.2
Sad and hopeless, making things seem very bad
62
4.5
Making you feel sad and hopeless
29
2.5
Feeling sad and without much hope
24
6.7
Feeling sad or unhappy
23
4.1
Looking or feeling sad and quiet
18
7.7
Feeling very sad and without hope about the future
16
7.5
Feeling sad or disappointed about something
15
5.3
Being very tired and slow with little interest or energy
12
6.1
Not having energy or interest to do things
8
4.4
Not feeling interest or energy to do something
8
4.4
Feeling sad and not very hopeful
7
3.4
Feeling less confident and hopeful because of problems
5
4.5
Feeling very sad and not hopeful
5
4.2
Feeling less hopeful and confident after a disappointment
5
7.5
Sad and disappointed because what you hoped for did not happen
4
3.9
Not showing much interest or excitement
3
4.7
Feeling sad and without much hope
2
5.2
Feeling sad and lacking confidence to keep trying
2
8.2
Very sad and not able to be comforted
1
7.8
Feeling sad or unhappy
1
5.3
Not showing excitement or interest
1
4.1
Feeling sad and without much hope
1
5.1
Feeling sad and without much energy
Feeling less confident and hopeful after a disappointment
Feeling sad and without energy
Antonyms
How Discouraged
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dispirited comes from dis- 'not' and spirit 'energy' or 'breath', the same root you see in inspire ('to breathe life into'). So dispirited means 'not full of spirit', feeling low and without energy or hope.