Synonyms of dispiritedness

dispiritedness

noun

1

as in sadness

a state or spell of low spirits

experienced a period of general dispiritedness following the birth of her first child

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sadness
• depression
• sorrowfulness
• melancholy
• mournfulness
• grief
• sorrow
• blue devils
• oppression
• anguish
• gloom
• unhappiness
• blues
• disconsolateness
• dumps
• dolefulness
• misery
• dejection
• heartsickness
• desperation
• agony
• joylessness
• dreariness
• gloominess
• despair
• glumness
• pain
• mourning
• downheartedness
• forlornness
• mopes
• miserableness
• boredom
• distress
• despondence
• despondency
• doldrums
• desolation
• regret
• despond
• woefulness
• melancholia
• discouragement
• self-pity
• somberness
• hopelessness
• woe
• dolor
• wretchedness
• disheartenment
• morosity
• ennui
• dismalness
• moodiness
• tedium
• moroseness
• morbidness
• drear
• rue
• self-despair

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joy
• happiness
• ecstasy
• intoxication
• exuberance
• heaven
• euphoria
• elation
• exultation
• rapture
• bliss
• joyousness
• exhilaration
• jubilation
• gladness
• joyfulness
• felicity
• elatedness
• mirth
• glee
• humor
• gayety
• rapturousness
• gladsomeness
• optimism
• gaiety
• merriment
• lightheartedness
• gayness
• joviality
• jollity
• cheerfulness
• blissfulness
• content
• hopefulness
• satisfaction
• contentment
• cheer
• mirthfulness
• cheeriness
• gleefulness
• delight
• contentedness
• gratification
• sunniness

2

as in despair

the state of being discouraged

the dispiritedness experienced by the losing team in the Super Bowl must be staggering

Synonyms & Similar Words

• despair
• dismay
• discouragement
• depression
• demoralization
• defeatism
• disheartenment
• melancholy
• despondency
• gloom
• dejection
• blues
• dumps
• resignation
• pessimism
• mopes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• encouragement
• optimism
• sanguinity