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dispirited

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verb

past tense of dispirit

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispirited
Verb
  • But Daddy was not one to be discouraged and got the place ready to open in June.
    Fannie Flagg, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2025
  • However, Jim has not been discouraged by this week’s Bristol Myers pullback.
    Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet people remain dejected about the economy, according to the University of Michigan’s Index of Consumer Sentiment.
    Josh Boak, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Loneliness is on the rise in the American workforce and may be a major reason so many people feel dejected and uninspired at their desks.
    Kells McPhillips, Fortune Well, 16 Oct. 2023
Verb
  • The outspoken owner wants to win and seems to be frustrated at the state of his team.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
  • At the time when Adam-Geller launched PAIGE in 2004, she was frustrated with the current denim offerings not taking into account real women’s bodies as they were mostly designed by men.
    Yola Robert, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In the meantime, Stuttgart will be a bit disappointed by the point.
    Manuel Veth, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Continue reading … -- IN OTHER NEWS SPACE CADETS – Gayle King 'very disappointed' by response to Blue Origin flight.
    FOXNews.com, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Investors are keenly watching these metrics as European banks transition to an environment of monetary easing, particularly in Switzerland, which has been combating a strong franc and depressed inflation with interest rates as low as 0.25%.
    Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Dracula’s Daughter is about a lady vampire who seduces and feeds off other ladies and who is depressed and desperate to be cured of her unyielding desire for wom— sorry.
    Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • That truth starts with the abject brutality and premeditation of the murders themselves.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Though the club’s starters have pitched better than their 3-13 record indicates, the bullpen’s been an abject disaster, with a 5.92 ERA coming into Monday that’s the fourth-worst in baseball.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Particularly now that Americans are unhappy with the state of economy.
    Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Some 59% of voters are unhappy with how things are going in the country.
    Dana Blanton, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Ennui, in particular, looks like a disaffected teenager, with her drooping stance, her perpetually downcast eyes and her constant frown.
    Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024
  • Its consumers are downcast, with youth unemployment rampant.
    Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
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