Synonyms for dispirit
All synonyms
Verb
depress, deject, cast down, get down, come down on, dash, damp, discourage, dismay, desolate, oppress, darken, demoralize UK US, demoralise UK, daunt, sadden, dishearten, disempower, despirit
Definitions
- v. 1
To lower the morale of; to make despondent; to dishearten.
Related words
- Other spellings
- disspirit
Forms
- Past participle
- dispirited
e.g. dispirited → depressed, dejected, dashed, damped…
Example sentences
- damp The weather was not only cold, it was also damp.
- depress Rain doesn't depress people who like reading.
By length
- 4 letters
- dash1, damp1
- 5 letters
- daunt1
- 6 letters
- dismay2, darken2, sadden2, deject2
- 7 letters
- depress2, oppress2
- 8 letters
- desolate3, despirit
- 10 letters
- discourage3, demoralize4, demoralise, dishearten, disempower
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dismay2 = 2 syllables).