Dispirited can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| dispirited - marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm; "a dispirited and divided Party"; "reacted to the crisis with listless resignation" | ||
| dispirited - filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "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" | ||
Verb |
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| dispirit - lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" |
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| 1. | adj. | A dispirited and divided Party. | |
| 2. | adj. | A dispirited and resigned expression on her face. | |
| 3. | adj. | He became dispirited. | |
| 4. | verb | Failing by so narrow a margin left Tom feeling dispirited. |
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| adj. | |
| A dispirited and divided Party. |
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| A dispirited and resigned expression on her face. |
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| He became dispirited. | |
| verb | |
| Failing by so narrow a margin left Tom feeling dispirited. | |