Word Meanings - DISPIRITED - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pir"it*ed, n.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISPIRITED)

• Dejected
• Dispirited
• gloomy
• melancholy
• desponding
• depressed
• downcast
• low-spirited

Related words: (words related to DISPIRITED)

• DEJECTION
  1. A casting down; depression. Hallywell. 2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson. 3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. What besides,
• DEJECTORY
  1. Having power, or tending, to cast down. 2. Promoting evacuations by stool. Ferrand.
• DISPIRITED
  Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pir"it*ed, n.
• GLOOMY
  1. Imperfectly illuminated; dismal through obscurity or darkness; dusky; dim; clouded; as, the cavern was gloomy. "Though hid in gloomiest shade." Milton. 2. Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected; as, a gloomy temper
• DESPONDENCY
  The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind. The unhappy prince seemed, during some days, to be sunk in despondency. Macaulay.
• DESPOND
  Despondency. The slough of despond. Bunyan.
• DEJECTURE
  That which is voided; excrements. Arbuthnot.
• MELANCHOLY
  1. Depression of spirits; a gloomy state continuing a considerable time; deep dejection; gloominess. Shak. 2. Great and continued depression of spirits, amounting to mental unsoundness; melancholia. 3. Pensive maditation; serious thoughtfulness.
• DEPRESSOMOTOR
  Depressing or diminishing the capacity for movement, as depressomotor nerves, which lower or inhibit muscular activity. -- n.
• DESPONDINGLY
  In a desponding manner.
• DEJECTLY
  Dejectedly.
• DESPONDER
  One who desponds.
• DISPIRITMENT
  Depression of spirits; discouragement. Procter, in evident distress and dispiritment, was waiting the slow conclusion of this. Carlyle.
• DEPRESSOR
  A muscle that depresses or tends to draw down a part. Depressor nerve , a nerve which lowers the activity of an organ; as, the depressor nerve of the heart. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, presses down; an oppressor.
• DEPRESSION
  The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon. (more info) 1. The act of depressing. 2. The state of being depressed; a sinking. 3. A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness
• DEPRESSANT
  An agent or remedy which lowers the vital powers.
• DESPONDENT
  Marked by despondence; given to despondence; low-spirited; as, a despondent manner; a despondent prisoner. -- De*spond"ent*ly, adv.
• DEJECTER
  One who casts down, or dejects.
• 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
• DOWNCAST
  Cast downward; directed to the ground, from bashfulness, modesty, dejection, or guilt. 'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. Dryden. - Down"cast`ly, adv. -- Down"cast`ness, n.
• LOW-SPIRITED
  Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not sprightly. -- Low"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.