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dispirited

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verb

past tense of dispirit

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispirited
Verb
  • For my coverage on the said-to-be discouraged or prohibited uses of generative AI, see the link here.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • His pardoning of Nixon discouraged voter's confidence in him.
    Tabitha Parent, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Yet people remain dejected about the economy, according to the University of Michigan’s Index of Consumer Sentiment.
    Josh Boak, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Loneliness is on the rise in the American workforce and may be a major reason so many people feel dejected and uninspired at their desks.
    Kells McPhillips, Fortune Well, 16 Oct. 2023
Verb
  • Bollards on sidewalks as well as streets could have frustrated the New Orleans attack.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • They were frustrated about high levels of undocumented immigration.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Sara seemed disappointed, Johnny said, but not upset.
    Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Kenny Smith seemed disappointed at the media on the broadcast when Ernie Johnson revealed the seventh-place finish.
    Zach Harper, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Trump’s high-end real estate ambitions with GOP connections Gen Z employees are stressed, depressed, and burnt out: Study Netflix keeps raising prices.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The study also reveals that 46 percent of Gen Z felt stressed (compared to the 35 percent employee average), 35 percent felt depressed (compared to 20 percent average), 44 percent felt burned out (compared to 34 percent), and 30 percent felt isolated (compared to 22 percent).
    Jess Thomson, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The multiyear project will have been an abject failure.
    Makena Kelly, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2025
  • For instance, all trials involving a cylinder shape were abject failures, unable to keep the hoop aloft.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Ratings declined, Lynch was unhappy, and the show was canceled.
    Victoria Edel, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Saquon Barkley is an unstoppable force, the defense is resurgent under Vic Fangio, the chatter about an unhappy A.J. Brown has mostly died down.
    Dianna Russini, The Athletic, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Ennui, in particular, looks like a disaffected teenager, with her drooping stance, her perpetually downcast eyes and her constant frown.
    Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024
  • Its consumers are downcast, with youth unemployment rampant.
    Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
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