English-Thai Dictionary

dispirit

VT ทำให้ ท้อใจ  ทำให้ หดหู่  ทำให้ สิ้นหวัง  dishearten depress encourage tam-hai-tor-jai

 

dispirited

ADJ ท้อใจ  หดหู่  สิ้นหวัง  depressed hopeless hopeful tor-jai

 

dispiritedly

ADV อย่าง ท้อแท้  อย่าง หดหู่  อย่าง สิ้นหวัง  hopelessly yang-tor-tae

 

dispiritment

N การ ทำให้ ท้อใจ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISPIRIT

v.t.[dis and spirit. ] 1. To depress the spirits; to deprive of courage; to discourage; to dishearten; to deject; to cast down. We may be dispirited by afflictions, by obstacles to success, by poverty, and by fear. When fear is the cause, dispirit is nearly equivalent to intimidate or terrify.
2. To exhaust the spirits or vigor of the body. [Not usual. ]

 

DISPIRITED

pp. Discourage; depressed in spirits; dejected; intimidated.

 

DISPIRITEDNESS

n.Want of courage; depression of spirits.

 

DISPIRITING

ppr. Discouraging; disheartening; dejecting; intimidating.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISPIRIT

Dis *pir "it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispirited; p. pr. & vb. n.Dispiriting. ] Etym: [Pref. dis- + spirit. ]

 

1. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage. Not dispirited with my afflictions. Dryden. He has dispirited himself by a debauch. Collier.

 

2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.] This makes a man master of his learning, and dispirits the book into the scholar. Fuller.

 

Syn. -- To dishearten; discourage; deject; damp; depress; cast down; intimidate; daunt; cow.

 

DISPIRITED

DISPIRITED Dis *pir "it *ed, a.

 

Defn: Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis *pir "it *ed *ly, adv. -- Dis *pir "it *ed, n.

 

DISPIRITMENT

DISPIRITMENT Dis *pir "it *ment, n.

 

Defn: Depression of spirits; discouragement. [R.] Procter, in evident distress and dispiritment, was waiting the slow conclusion of this. Carlyle.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dispirit

dis pir it |diˈspirit dəˈspɪrɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause (someone ) to lose enthusiasm or hope: the army was dispirited by the uncomfortable winter conditions.

 

dispirited

dis pir it ed |disˈspiritid dɪˈspɪrɪtɪd | ▶adjective having lost enthusiasm and hope; disheartened: she was determined to appear unworried in front of her dispirited family. DERIVATIVES dis pir it ed ly adverb, dis pir it ed ness noun

 

dispiriting

dis pir it ing |disˈspiritiNG dɪˈspɪrɪtɪŋ | ▶adjective causing someone to lose enthusiasm and hope; disheartening: it was a dispiriting occasion. DERIVATIVES dis pir it ing ly adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

dispirit

dispirit |dɪˈspɪrɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause (someone ) to lose enthusiasm or hope: the army was dispirited by the uncomfortable winter conditions.

 

dispirited

dispirited |dɪˈspɪrɪtɪd | ▶adjective having lost enthusiasm and hope; disheartened: she was determined to appear unworried in front of her dispirited family. DERIVATIVES dispiritedly adverb, dispiritedness noun

 

dispiriting

dispiriting |dɪˈspɪrɪtɪŋ | ▶adjective causing someone to lose enthusiasm and hope; disheartening: it was a dispiriting occasion. DERIVATIVES dispiritingly adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dispirited

dispirited adjective these overprivileged kids are too easily dispirited: disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, downcast, low, low-spirited, dejected, downhearted, depressed, disconsolate. ANTONYMS heartened.

 

dispiriting

dispiriting adjective a dispiriting view of the future: disheartening, depressing, discouraging, daunting, demoralizing.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dispirit

dispirit verb the army was dispirited by the uncomfortable winter conditions: dishearten, discourage, demoralize, cast down, make dejected, make downhearted, depress, dismay, disappoint, daunt, deter, unman, unnerve, crush, sap, shake, throw, cow, subdue, undermine; dampen someone's spirits, bring low; informal knock sideways, knock the stuffing out of, knock for six, give someone the blues; archaic deject. ANTONYMS hearten.

 

dispirited

dispirited adjective she was tired and dispirited after her long journey: disheartened, discouraged, demoralized, cast down, downcast, low, low-spirited, dejected, downhearted, depressed, disconsolate; crushed, shattered, sapped, shaken, thrown, cowed, subdued; informal blue, fed up; Brit. informal brassed off, cheesed off.

 

dispiriting

dispiriting adjective the article gives a dispiriting view of the future: disheartening, depressing, discouraging, disappointing, daunting, disenchanting, demoralizing; unfavourable, inauspicious, off-putting, pessimistic, hopeless, grim, dismal, gloomy, sombre, cheerless, black; informal morbid; archaic dejecting.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dispirit

dis pir it /dɪspɪ́rət /動詞 他動詞 ｟書 ｠…を落胆させる .

 

dispirited

dis p í r it ed /-ɪd /形容詞 ｟書 ｠意気消沈した, 落胆した, 気落ちした .～ly 副詞 意気消沈して .

 

dispiriting

dis p í r it ing 形容詞 ｟書 ｠意気消沈させる (ほどの ).