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dispirited

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Meaning

  1. verb simple past and past participle of dispirit
  2. adjective Without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.
    So dispirited were the troops after the loss of their beloved commander that they moped about and could barely be bothered to eat let alone load their guns.

Similar words

listless spiritless low-spirited downhearted dejected downcast depressed down low blue

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