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dispirit

verb as in depress

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Even by the mid-1980s, activists and historians, dispirited by a lack of parliamentary political victories, had begun to compare West Germany’s liberation movement unfavorably with that in the United States.

He cannot hope to defeat Tesse, but he may wear out and dispirit his men by constant attacks.

William, like a wise general as he was, took care that the news of his accident should not dispirit his men.

Like most energetic women, a first failure did not daunt or dispirit her, it only roused her energies the more vigorously.

Fitzosborne urged the duke not to allow such events to depress or dispirit him.

Everything to dispirit; but my invalids are really on the mend.

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On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dispirit, such as: deject, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, sadden, and crush.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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