Adjective dispirited has 2 senses
- dispirited, listless - marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm; "a dispirited and divided Party"; "reacted to the crisis with listless resignation"
Antonym: spirited (indirect, via spiritless)
- blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited - low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"
Antonym: elated (indirect, via dejected)
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Verb dispirit has 1 sense
- depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise - lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
--1 is one way to discourage
Sample sentence:
The bad news will dispirit him
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