Word Meanings - DISPIRIT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage. Not dispirited with my afflictions. Dryden. He has dispirited himself by a debauch. Collier. 2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. This makes a man master
Additional info about word: DISPIRIT
1. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage. Not dispirited with my afflictions. Dryden. He has dispirited himself by a debauch. Collier. 2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. This makes a man master of his learning, and dispirits the book into the scholar. Fuller. Syn. -- To dishearten; discourage; deject; damp; depress; cast down; intimidate; daunt; cow.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISPIRIT)
- Deter
- Warn
- stop
- dissuade
- disincline
- indispose
- dispirit
- hinder
- prevent
- discourage
- dishearten
- terrify
- scare
- Pall
- Blunt
- satiate
- cloy
- Tire
- Exhaust
- weary
- fatigue
- jade
- harass
- bore
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DISPIRIT)
Related words: (words related to DISPIRIT)
- PREVENTATIVE
That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive. - DISPIRITED
Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pir"it*ed, n. - HARASS
To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out. harassed with a long and wearisome march. Bacon. Nature - DISHEARTENMENT
Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits. - BLUNTISH
Somewhat blunt. -- Blunt"ish*ness, n. - EXHAUSTION
An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits. Note: The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications - PREVENTABLE
Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases. - PREVENTINGLY
So as to prevent or hinder. - DISCOURAGEMENT
1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection. 2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; - PREVENT
1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct. We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 1 Thess. iv. 15. We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow - EXHAUSTIVE
Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method. Ex*haust"ive*ly, adv. - HINDEREST
Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a. Chaucer. - BLUNTLY
In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility. Sometimes after bluntly giving his opinions, he would quietly lay himself asleep until the end of their deliberations. Jeffrey. - REFRESHMENT
1. The act of refreshing, or the state of being refreshed; restoration of strength, spirit, vigor, or liveliness; relief after suffering; new life or animation after depression. 2. That which refreshes; means of restoration or reanimation; - EXHAUSTURE
Exhaustion. Wraxall. - ANIMATER
One who animates. De Quincey. - PREVENTABILITY
The quality or state of being preventable. - SCARECROW
The black tern. (more info) 1. Anything set up to frighten crows or other birds from cornfields; hence, anything terifying without danger. A scarecrow set to frighten fools away. Dryden. 2. A person clad in rags and tatters. No eye hath seen such - HINDERMOST; HINDMOST
Furthest in or toward the rear; last. "Rachel and Joseph hindermost." Gen. xxxiii. 2. (more info) superlative from the same source as the comparative hinder. See - DETERRATION
The uncovering of anything buried or covered with earth; a taking out of the earth or ground. Woodward. - IMPREVENTABLE
Not preventable; invitable. - OVERFATIGUE
Excessive fatigue. - IMPREVENTABILITY
The state or quality of being impreventable. - UNWEARY
To cause to cease being weary; to refresh. Dryden. - INDETERMINABLE
Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited. -- In`de*ter"mi*na*bly, adv. - SELF-DETERMINATION
Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity. - UNEXHAUSTIBLE
Inexhaustible. - INEXHAUSTED
Not exhausted; not emptied; not spent; not having lost all strength or resources; unexhausted. Dryden. - UNDETERMINABLE
Not determinable; indeterminable. Locke. - PREDETERMINATION
The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will. Hammond. - PREINDISPOSE
To render indisposed beforehand. Milman.