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Dispirit

verb

(past & past part. dispirited; pres. part. dispiriting)

Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted. Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, get down. "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"

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"Dispirit" Quotes from Famous Books

... which the theories of the erring brother and the prodigal son were clung to, despite all evidence of facts to the contrary. There was a kind of boyishness in the rumors which the newspapers circulated (not seldom with intent to dispirit), and the people believed on the authority of reliable gentlemen from Richmond, or Union refugees whose information could be trusted. At one time the Rebels had mined eleven acres in the neighborhood of Bull Bun; at another, there were regiments of giants on ...

— The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V - Political Essays • James Russell Lowell

Words linked to "Dispirit" : elate, discourage, chill, demoralise