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# dispirited

adjective (dispirited, more dispirited, most dispirited); verb form (dispirit, dispirits, dispirited, dispiriting — less common)

«dispirited» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Having lost hope and energy; feeling down and discouraged. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispirited/#m1)
2. Showing that feeling, as in a dispirited voice or a dispirited team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispirited/#m2)

### In the lessons

It describes how people feel after failure, bad news or a long struggle: they stop trying hard and look gloomy. In stories it tells the reader a character is close to giving up, often just before help or a new idea comes. Opposite: «cheerful», «encouraged», «in high spirits».

### Examples

- The team walked off the pitch looking dispirited after losing 5–0. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispirited/#x1)
- After three rainy days, the campers were tired and dispirited. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispirited/#x2)
- Mole felt lost and dispirited in the dark Wild Wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispirited/#x3)
- She gave a dispirited sigh and closed her maths book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispirited/#x4)
- Don't be dispirited by one bad mark; you can try again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispirited/#x5)
- The dispirited soldiers trudged back through the mud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispirited/#x6)
- A kind word can cheer up a dispirited friend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispirited/#x7)

### Note

Adjective formed like a past form of «dispirit» (to make someone lose heart). Its opposite in feeling is «in good spirits». Similar words: discouraged, downhearted, crestfallen. Do not confuse with «spirited», which means lively and brave.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dispirited» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispirited/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dispirited» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dispirited.html) on Mova free.