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dispirited 音標拼音: [dɪsp'ɪrətɪd] adj. 意志低沉 意志低沈 dispirited adj 1: marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm; " a dispirited and divided Party"; " reacted to the crisis with listless resignation" [ synonym: { dispirited}, { listless}] 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" [ synonym: { gloomy}, { grim}, { blue}, { depressed}, { dispirited}, { down( p)}, { downcast}, { downhearted}, { down in the mouth}, { low}, { low- spirited}] Dispirit \ Dis* pir" it\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Dispirited}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Dispiriting}.] [ Pref. dis- spirit.] 1. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage. [ 1913 Webster] Not dispirited with my afflictions. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] He has dispirited himself by a debauch. -- Collier. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [ Obs. or R.] [ 1913 Webster] This makes a man master of his learning, and dispirits the book into the scholar. -- Fuller. Syn: To dishearten; discourage; deject; damp; depress; cast down; intimidate; daunt; cow. [ 1913 Webster]
dispirited \ dis* pir" it* ed\, a. Depressed in spirits; deprived of cheer or enthusiasm; disheartened; discouraged; daunted. Syn: depressed, down( predicate), downcast, downhearted, low, low- spirited, disheartened, discouraged, demoralized. [ 1913 Webster] -- { Dis* pir" it* ed* ly}, adv. -- { Dis* pir" it* ed}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 57 Moby Thesaurus words for " dispirited": blase, blue, bowed- down, cast down, dashed, dejected, depressed, despairing, despondent, desponding, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, down, downcast, downhearted, drooping, droopy, fed- up, feeling low, good and tired, heartless, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal, in low spirits, in the depths, in the doldrums, in the dumps, irked, jaded, languishing, life- weary, low, low- spirited, melancholic, melancholy, pessimistic, pining, sad, satiated, sick, sick of, spiritless, splenetic, subdued, suicidal, tired, tired of, tired of living, tired to death, wearied, weariful, weary, weary of life, weary unto death, woebegone, world- weary
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