Adjective: dispirited di'spi-ri-tid
- Marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
"a dispirited and divided Party";
- listless
- Filled with melancholy and despondency
"a dispirited and resigned expression on her face";
- gloomy, grim, blue [informal], depressed, down, downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth [informal], low, low-spirited
- Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
"The news dispirited her";
- depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, demoralize, demoralise [Brit]
See also: dejected, lugubrious, spiritless
Type of: discourage, frustrate
Encyclopedia: Dispirited