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Synonyms for dispirit

Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-spir-it
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈspɪr ɪt

Définition of dispirit

Origin :
  • 1640s; see dis- + spirit (n.). Related: Dispirited; dispiriting.
  • verb depress
Example sentences :
  • I asked you to help me, and you do nothing but dispirit me with these doubts.
  • Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane
  • Everything to dispirit; but my invalids are really on the mend.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • It was tabu for a messenger to go direct to the army lest he should dispirit the troops.
  • Extract from : « The Fijians » by Basil Thomson
  • It was no business of the chaplain to discourage and dispirit men in a moment of danger, and a court was formed to sit upon him.
  • Extract from : « English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century » by James Anthony Froude
  • His unresponsive silence seemed to dispirit her, for her eager eyes fell dejectedly.
  • Extract from : « Belford's Magazine, Vol II, No. 10, March 1889 » by Various
  • His death was politically concealed, lest it should dispirit the Britons.
  • Extract from : « Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards » by Evan Evans
  • If we are determined to deny these people common justice, we dispirit them.
  • Extract from : « Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. II (of 16) » by Thomas Hart Benton
  • You did your best, though the time was not the best chosen; but all I wish to press upon you is, not to let this dispirit you.
  • Extract from : « Richelieu, v. 3/3 » by G. P. R. James
  • A few days' delay in such a situation would make nearly one half of an invading force ill and dispirit the other half.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation » by Charles Roger
  • But not for long—Glory never allowed “making up” to dispirit her unduly.
  • Extract from : « Glory and the Other Girl » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

Antonyms for dispirit

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