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dispirited

  • /dɪˈspɪɹɪtəd/ UK

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of dispirit

adjective more dispirited · most dispirited

  1. 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.

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"dispirited." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dispirited. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{dispirited_2026,
  title = {dispirited},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dispirited},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}