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dispirited en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /dɪˈspɪɹɪtəd/ (UK)

Meanings

  1. Without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.
    • So dispirited were the troops after the loss of their beloved commander that they moped about and could barely be bothered to eat let alone load their guns.
    • The shift in the balance of power online has allowed anyone to publish to the world, from dispirited teenagers in south London to an anonymous cyber-dissident in a Middle East autocracy. 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in the Guardian:

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Deriveds

dispiritedly · dispiritedness

dispirited en · VERB

Pronunciation

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  • /dɪˈspɪɹɪtəd/ (UK)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of dispirit
    form of dispirit