dispirit
Drain of enthusiasm
To dispirit is to drain someone's enthusiasm or hope, leaving them discouraged: The endless rejections dispirited her.
The adjective dispirited describes the resulting state—deflated, demoralized, lacking the will to continue: The team looked dispirited after the loss.
Dispiriting describes whatever causes this effect: a dispiriting series of setbacks.
Cause to lose hope
- discourageDiminish someone's confidence
- dejectTo lower spirits
- dismayDistressed loss of courage
- crushCompress with force
unnerve · demotivate · deflate · dampen · depress · sadden · bring down · cast down
Prevent through intimidation
- dampenWet slightly or diminish
- dauntDiscourage through fear
- dissuadeConvince not to
- disinclineMake unwilling
dishearten · undermine · deflate · cool · disappoint · thwart · frustrate · impede
Subdued, lasting sadness
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
dejection · downheartedness · sadness · unhappiness · misery · woe · heartache · anguish
Subdued, lasting sadness
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- dejectionState of lowness
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
desolation · pessimism · despair · sorrow · darkness · heaviness · low spirits · downheartedness
dishearten
Cause to lose hope
- discourageDiminish someone's confidence
- dejectTo lower spirits
- dismayDistressed loss of courage
crush · unnerve · demotivate · deflate · dampen · depress · sadden · bring down · cast down · take the wind out
deter
Prevent through intimidation
disincline · dishearten · undermine · deflate · cool · disappoint · thwart · frustrate · impede · obstruct
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
hopelessness · dejection · downheartedness · sadness · unhappiness · misery · woe · heartache · anguish · bleakness
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
- dejectionState of lowness
bleakness · desolation · pessimism · despair · sorrow · darkness · heaviness · low spirits · downheartedness · cheerlessness
exhaust
Use up entirely
weaken · devitalize · enfeeble · tire · wear down · fatigue · debilitate · wither · diminish · bleed dry
- discouraging actionsdeter, dissuade, daunt, dishearten, demoralize