Dispirited (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm; "a dispirited and divided Party"; "reacted to the crisis with listless resignation".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The dispirited look on her face told me that she had lost all hope of finding a job.
- The team was dispirited after losing their fifth game in a row and their chances of making the playoffs were dwindling.
- After the rejection letter, the writer felt dispirited and questioned his ability to ever get published.
- The dispirited crowd at the stadium was a stark contrast to the energetic and lively atmosphere that was present during the previous match.
- The company's dispirited employees trudged into work every day, feeling unmotivated and unenthusiastic about their jobs.
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Meaning 2
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- After the devastating breakup, she looked dispirited, barely leaving her bed or taking care of herself for days.
- His once-lively lectures became dull and unengaging as the teacher became dispirited from dealing with poorly motivated students year after year.
- Dispirited and with low morale, the sales team decided to implement a more interactive strategy to turn around their current losses.
- Since moving away from his friends, John's life in the big city has left him dispirited and extremely homesick, and even though his apartment has plenty of sunlight, his living space somehow manages to always look so glum and poorly arranged.
- Every Friday at noon for an entire year she stopped herself on a main thoroughfare during a meal time dispirited wondering "do my eyes serve purpose even the person taking good life view cant capture same energy any ways which disarmed also!"