dispirited
Dispirited means being down in the dumps or depressed. Losing his girlfriend and job on the same day could make someone dispirited — feeling gloomy and absolutely miserable.
You could describe people who are dispirited as having no "spirit." Whether they've broken up with someone they loved or failed to get a promotion they've been working hard to earn, they feel sad, blue, and lack any sort of enthusiasm.
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marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
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filled with melancholy and despondency“a dispirited and resigned expression on her face”
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synonyms:
blue, depressed, down, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, grim, low, low-spirited
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dejected
affected or marked by low spirits
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dejected
Vocabulary lists containing dispirited
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