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# dispirited

«dispirited» in Mova's school dictionary: **Having lost hope and energy; feeling down and discouraged** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) Having lost hope and energy; feeling down and discouraged. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispirited/#m2)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispirited/#x1)
- After three rainy days, the campers were tired and dispirited. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispirited/#x2)
- Mole felt lost and dispirited in the dark Wild Wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispirited/#x3)
- She gave a dispirited sigh and closed her maths book. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispirited/#x5)
- The dispirited soldiers trudged back through the mud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispirited/#x6)
- A kind word can cheer up a dispirited friend. [tree →](https://md.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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dispirited» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dispirited/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.