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adjective

as in disheartened

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verb

past tense of dispirit
as in discouraged
to lessen the courage or confidence of dispirited by the overwhelming amount of information needed to write the report

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Recent Examples of dispirited
Adjective
Other than dispirited Red Sox fans still smarting over the ’75 World Series, nobody really hated those Reds. — Steve Buckley, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 On the Republican side in the Senate race, former Illinois GOP Chair Don Tracy spent the day knocking on doors in his hometown of Springfield alongside his 10-year-old grandson Charles, urging dispirited conservative voters to turn out Tuesday. — Dan Petrella, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026 Immediately, a dispirited city administration came to life, with particular focus on quality-of-life issues affecting residents and visitors. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026 People should be more excited and less dispirited about artificial intelligence, according to billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. — Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025 Another resident, Matt Fontenot, described a dispirited town that spent the week on edge. — Alexandra Koch , Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
Roosevelt offered frightened and dispirited Americans a vision of a secure future. — John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 Purists and fans were dispirited; this 650 hp engine had its own fan base for its throaty power and engineering marvel. — Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026 After their excellent but somewhat overlooked 2023 album 3D Country — which occasionally evokes the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion — the band was feeling dispirited. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2026 Destitute and dispirited, the family soon joined relatives in Durban on South Africa’s east coast. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2026 Jett, her veteran superstar, is getting old; the other players are dispirited. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026 Trump ends the year weak and unpopular, his coalition dispirited and riven by infighting. — Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025 Mirthless Minnesota Vikings fans eager for a change at quarterback or playcaller may be further dispirited by head coach Kevin O'Connell's messaging. — Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025 Were Manso and the other sports staffers dispirited by the loss of ABC programming? — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispirited
  1. disheartened
  2. discouraged
  3. dejected
  4. frustrated
  5. disappointed
  6. depressed
  7. abject
  8. unhappy
Adjective
  • And whose heart didn’t swell with pride when the disheartened Malinin immediately pulled himself together to congratulate Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan, who skated away with the top honors?
    — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
Definition of disheartened
Verb
  • Idea futures would undermine the institutional clout of skeptical old physicists with tenure—monetizing, promoting, and rewarding bold claims discouraged by mainstream consensus.
    — Finn Brunton, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Washington has discouraged Chinese firms from investing in the United States and expanded the list of American products that cannot be exported to China.
    — Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of discouraged
Adjective
  • In Brand New Day, Peter resumes his duties as a friendly neighborhood superhero in New York City, but also remains dejected that MJ (Zendaya) and Ned (Jacob Batalon) are moving on with their lives without any memory of his love and friendship.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • The sea of yellow applauding the efforts of the dejected Brazilian players who milled about, seemingly unwilling to accept that a match that took so long to really get going was over so quickly.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Definition of dejected
Verb
  • She was specifically frustrated with Sol claiming Bryce pulled Kayda for a chat four or five times in the villa, despite being coupled up with Trinity.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
  • As a sports bettor, there are a lot of people frustrated by these two teams and pitchers from this season as the Giants take on the Pirates.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of frustrated
Adjective
  • While country music will always be part of her, she’s felt disappointed by her peers politically.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
  • While disappointed, Gold Phoenix’s connections weren’t about to ask for condolences.
    — Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of disappointed
Adjective
  • Quietly depressed, a wife to Reuben (Tracy Letts, Coon’s real-life partner) and mother to Ella (Bella Ramsey) and Jo (Odessa Young), Rita holds a monotonous desk job at a bank by day, and tends to her family by night as part of her humdrum routine.
    — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Sprague conceded Clancy had mental health issues and was depressed.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of depressed
Adjective
  • But one price for all, a concept conceived by the Quakers, who believed that charging different prices to different people was morally abject, became commonplace.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • He was born in abject poverty in rural Georgia, Pin Point, Georgia.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of abject
Adjective
  • Before long, the book moves back in time to shadow the king himself, an unhappy leader thrust into his role by chance and now on the brink of death.
    — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Age came with evidence — every mistake, playoff loss and unhappy ending.
    — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of unhappy

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