Synonyms for dispirited

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1. dispirited, listless(adj)

   marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm

   "a dispirited and divided Party"; "reacted to the crisis with listless resignation"

   Synonyms:
   low, low-spirited, downhearted, listless, gloomy, down in the mouth, downcast, depressed, grim, down(p), blue

   Antonyms:
   spirited, elated

2. gloomy, grim, blue, depressed, dispirited, down(p), downcast, downhearted, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited(adj)

   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"

   Antonyms:
   elated, spirited

English Synonyms and Antonyms(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. dispirited

   Synonyms:
   dead, deceased, defunct, dull, inanimate, lifeless, spiritless

   Antonyms:
   active, alert, alive, animate, animated, breathing, brisk, existent, existing, live, lively, living, quick, subsisting, vivacious

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1. dispirited(a.)

   Synonyms:
   dejected, disheartened, depressed, discouraged, down-hearted, downcast, despondent, cast down, crest-fallen, chap-fallen, down in the mouth

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1. List of paraphrases for "dispirited":

   discouraged

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How to use dispirited in a sentence?

1. Emeasoba George:

   Inspiration or motivation is a recourse i.e. inspiration or motivation is often a source of empowerment, strenght, encouragement and upliftment. Therefore, do quest for inspirations and motivations whenever you feel depressed, dispirited or dejected. For, surely they can and will uplift, beef up or recoup your about to fall or already fallen spirit, morale or enthusiasm.

2. Emeasoba George:

   Whenever you are praised or celebrated. Be wise enough not to be carried away by the praise or celebration. Besides that, whenever you are criticized. Refuse to be discouraged or dispirited by the criticisms. Just let the criticisms of your critics become nothing else but an eye opener for you to better or improve your whole self and what you are doing. -Emeasoba George

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   I see her not dispirited, not weak, but well, remembering that she has seen dark times before, indeed with a kind of instinct that she sees a little better in a cloudy day.

4. Laurie Pearlman:

   I was dispirited, disconnected, I had lost my joie de vivre.

5. Emeasoba George:

   I'm too positive minded to become negative minded. I'm too optimistic to become pessimistic. I'm equally too hopeful to become hopeless in life. Moreover, I'm too determined to become frustrated and defeated. I'm as well too rugged to become dispirited by anything or anyone. Now, that's why the slaughter house of failure cannot and will never rule over me and my God-given destiny. What am I trying to say in essence? I'm just saying that, I'm a positivist to the core. Besides, I'm equally a die hard optimist. Who are you and how about you anyway?

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