English > dispirit: 1 sense > verb 1, emotionMeaning | lower someone's spirits; make downhearted. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
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Model | The bad news will dispirit him |
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Synonyms | depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, demoralize, demoralise |
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Narrower | chill | depress or discourage |
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Broader | discourage | deprive of courage or hope |
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Opposite | elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate | Fill with high spirits |
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Spanish | abatir, deprimir, desalentar, desanimar, desmoralizar, espantar |
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Catalan | abatre, deprimir, desanimar, descoratjar, desmoralitzar |
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