dispiritedadj.
/dɪˈspɪrɪtɪd/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > weakened
acrazed1521
extenuate1555
dispirited1659
diluted1681
deadened1720
evirtuate1799
attenuated1828
watered1866
weakened1870
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > rendered flat or stale
palled1440
appalled1601
dispirited1659
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of blood > [adjective] > deficiency of other substances
dispirited1740
hypinotic1855
hypoglycaemic1923
thrombocytopenic1923
thrombopenic1924
neutropenic1932
hypocalcaemic1935
hypoproteinaemic1935
sideropenic1939
hypoprothrombinaemic1942
hypophosphataemic1946
hypopotassaemic1950
hypokalaemic1953
agammaglobulinaemic1954
hyponatraemic1955
hypomagnesaemic1960
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > lacking animation
deadOE
lifelessOE
unquickc1475
exanimate?c1550
flat1604
unsprighty1607
spiritless1609
dead-alive1617
fireless1647
uninformed1709
inanimate1713
unanimated1734
nerveless1735
inanimated1753
dispirited1758
dead and alive1863
unalive1905
pepless1909
zipless1922
soggy1928
undead1936
1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms Pref. Religious offices..degenerating into heartless dispirited Recitations.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Pall'd, Flat, Dispirited, or Dead Drink.
1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. v. 111 The Blood becomes so viscid, poor, and dispirited.
1758 C. Whitworth Acct. Russia 5 The Laplanders and Samoiedes being too heavy and dispirited.
2. Cast into or characterized by low spirits; discouraged, disheartened, dejected.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]
ungladc888
wearyc888
drearyc1000
dreary-moodOE
heavyc1000
unmerryOE
droopy?c1225
mournc1275
sada1300
languishinga1325
amayedc1330
matec1330
unlightc1330
unblissful1340
lowa1382
mishappyc1390
dullc1393
elengely1393
droopinga1400
heavy-hearteda1400
joylessa1400
sytefula1400
mornifc1400
tristy?c1400
lightless?1406
heartlessa1413
tristc1420
amatec1425
languoring?c1425
mirthlessc1430
heavisome1435
darkc1440
gloomingc1440
comfortlessc1460
amateda1470
chermatc1475
tristfula1492
lustless?1507
dolorous1513
ruthful1513
downcast1521
deject1528
heartsicka1529
lumpisha1535
coolc1540
dowlyc1540
glum1547
discouraged1548
uncheerfulc1555
dumpish1560
out of heart1565
sadded1566
amoped1573
tristive1578
desolated1580
dejected1581
à la mort1586
delightless1589
afflicted1590
gladless1590
groanful1590
gloomya1593
muddy1592
sitheful1592
cloudy1594
leaden-hearted1596
disconsolated1598
clum1599
life-weary1599
spiritless1600
dusky1602
chop-fallen1604
flat1604
disanimated1605
jaw-fallen1605
moped1606
chap-fallen1608
decheerful1608
uncheerful1612
lacklustrea1616
pulled1616
dumpya1618
depressed1621
head-hung1632
grum1640
downa1644
dispirited1647
down-at-mouth1649
down in (rarely of) the mouth1649
unhearted1650
sunlessa1658
sadful1658
unlightened1659
chagrin1665
saddened1665
damp1667
moping1674
desponding1688
tristitious1694
unenjoying1697
unraised1697
unheartya1699
unked1698
despondent1699
dismal1705
unjoyful1709
unrejoiced1714
dreara1717
disheartened1720
mumpish1721
unrejoicing1726
downhearted1742
out of spirits1745
chagrineda1754
low-spirited1753
sombrea1767
black-blooded1771
glumpy1780
oorie1787
sombrous1789
morose1791
Novemberish1793
glumpish1800
mopeful1800
die-away1802
blue-devilish1804
blue-devilled1807
malagrugrous1818
down in the hip1826
yonderly1828
sunshineless1831
downfaced1832
broody1851
in a (or the) trough1856
blue-devilly1871
drooped1873
glummy1884
pippy1886
humpy1889
pipped1914
lousy1933
pissed1943
crappy1956
doomy1961
bummed1970
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (1 Thess. v. 14) The dispirited, faint~hearted, sick and sinking.
1717 A. Pope Corr. 27 Nov. (1956) I. 455 My Mother is in that dispirited State of Resignation.
1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. xi. 437 A few unarmed, dispirited men.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxii. 177 He turned back and caught a glance at the dispirited faces behind him.
Derivatives
diˈspiritedly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adverb]
ungladly?c1225
wanlyc1275
dolefullyc1290
ruefullya1300
elengelyc1305
heavisomelya1382
lumpishlyc1450
tristily?c1450
dowlyc1540
unjoyfully1553
tragically1567
dully1600
tragicly1604
heartlessly1606
unjovially1607
dejectedly1611
dejectly1611
disconsolately1614
dumpishly1621
uncheerfullya1628
dolorously1638
mopishly1651
despondingly1656
despondentlya1677
unhappily1688
dismally1709
gloomily1727
grumly1727
joylessly1766
mopingly1788
sombrously1796
glumly1805
malagrugrously1818
funerally1829
broodingly1834
unenjoyingly1844
downheartedly1847
unblissfully1849
droopingly1852
dreichly1853
sombrely1860
dispiritedly1864
glumpily1865
pleasurelessly1873
depressedly1880
chapfallenly1883
sighfully1900
bleakly1938
1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Dispiritedly.
1889 Temple Bar Feb. 186 ‘I do not know’..said the lad dispiritedly.
diˈspiritedness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun]
unlustOE
sorrowfulnessa1250
heavinessc1275
elengenessec1320
dullnessc1369
tristourc1380
murknessc1390
tristesse1390
faintness1398
ungladnessa1400
droopingc1400
heavity14..
dejectionc1450
terne?a1513
disconsolation1515
descence1526
marea1529
sadness?1537
dumpishness1548
unblessedness1549
dolorousness1553
ruefulness?1574
dolefulness1586
heartlessness1591
languishment1591
mopishness1598
soul-sickness1603
contristation1605
damp1606
gloominess1607
sableness1607
uncheerfulnessa1617
disconsolateness1624
cheerlessnessa1631
dejectedness1633
droopingness1635
disanimation1637
lowness1639
desponsion1641
disconsolacy1646
despondency1653
dispiritedness1654
chagrin1656
demission1656
jawfall1660
weightedness1660
depression1665
disconsolancy1665
grumness1675
despondence1676
despond1678
disheartenednessa1680
glumness1727
low1727
gloom1744
low-spiritedness1754
blue devils1756
black dog1776
humdudgeon1785
blue devilism1787
dispiritude1797
wishtnessc1800
downheartedness1801
blue-devilage1816
dispiritment1827
downcastness1827
depressiveness1832
dolorosity1835
lugubriosity1840
disconsolance1847
down1856
heavy-heartedness1860
lugubriousness1879
sullenness1885
low key1886
melancholia1896
burn-out1903
mokus1924
downness1927
mopiness1927
deflation1933
wallow1934
1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Curia Politiæ 175 A defatigation and dispiritedness will accompany that oppression.
1673 H. Stubbe Further Iustification War against Netherlands 4 The decay of Trade, the dispiritedness of the English.
1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. ix. 208 Opiates..when their Force is worn off..leave a Lowness, Dispiritedness, and Anxiety.
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