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dispirit

[dih-spir-it]

verb (used with object)

  1. to deprive of spirit, hope, enthusiasm, etc.; depress; discourage; dishearten.



dispirit

/ ɪˈɪɪ /

verb

  1. (tr) to lower the spirit or enthusiasm of; make downhearted or depressed; discourage

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dispirit1

First recorded in 1635–45; di- 2 + spirit
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Skipper Harry Brook and Jacob Bethell continued the momentum as they peppered the boundary to finish unbeaten on 35 and 36 respectively, as a dispirited West Indies bowling attack ran out of ideas.

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But that only makes the faintheartedness of corporate America all the more dispiriting.

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Whitman says current EPA employees are “dispirited and frustrated.”

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If the defeats in India were alarming, and losses to Australia and Afghanistan in Lahore dispiriting, the thrashing by South Africa in Karachi was the moment England's winter plunged to the depths.

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Could life at Manchester United get any more dispiriting?

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