as in to discourage
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 dispirit
The endgame here of every state except maybe a few purple ones having representatives from only one party is really dispiriting — this clearly is not what the Congressional system was set up to be.
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
And, like every attack before it, this act is designed to spread fear, dispirit us, and push us back into the shadows.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 22 Aug. 2025
Similar condos are now being built from the Upper West Side (handsome) to Greenpoint (dispiriting).
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2025
Were Manso and the other sports staffers dispirited by the loss of ABC programming?
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
And, like every attack before it, this act is designed to spread fear, dispirit us, and push us back into the shadows.
—Abby Monteil, Them., 22 Aug. 2025
Similar condos are now being built from the Upper West Side (handsome) to Greenpoint (dispiriting).
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Aug. 2025
Were Manso and the other sports staffers dispirited by the loss of ABC programming?
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispirit
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That same year, millions of plaintiffs filed an antitrust class action lawsuit seeking over $1 billion in damages that alleged Sutter Health overcharged customers and companies for health care bills and discouraged clients from using other lower-cost services.—
Kyle Martin,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, Beijing has reportedly been discouraging local firms from buying Nvidia chips.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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Laurene Allen, an environmental advocate who lives in Merrimack, New Hampshire, where PFNA was one of several forever chemicals discovered in drinking water in 2016, was awaiting the report and is frustrated and enraged by its delay.—
Sharon Lerner,
ProPublica,
10 Oct. 2025
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The heated debate around the City Hall Project and picking apart the budget were two experiences in particular that frustrated Nguyen.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Dispirit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispirit. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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