dispirited
Lacking all enthusiasm
Dispirited means dejected or discouraged, having lost enthusiasm or hope.
Someone dispirited has had the spirit taken out of them: The team looked dispirited after the crushing defeat.
The word suggests a deflation of morale rather than deep sadness—more defeated than grieving.
Sad from disappointment
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- downcastSad or despondent
- forlornSad and abandoned
- woebegoneOvercome by grief
melancholy · morose · sorrowful · heavyhearted · dismal · doleful · somber · mournful
Lost confidence or hope
- discouragedHaving lost confidence or enthusiasm
- deflatedEmptied of pressure
- dismayedDistressed by shock
- disillusionedFreed from false beliefs
disenchanted · defeated · crushed · broken · hopeless · resigned · demotivated · uninspired
crestfallen
Sad from disappointment
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- downcastSad or despondent
- forlornSad and abandoned
woebegone · melancholy · morose · sorrowful · heavyhearted · dismal · doleful · somber · mournful · bleak
disheartened
Lost confidence or hope
- discouragedHaving lost confidence or enthusiasm
- deflatedEmptied of pressure
- dismayedDistressed by shock
disillusioned · disenchanted · defeated · crushed · broken · hopeless · resigned · demotivated · uninspired · sapped
lethargic
Lacking energy or alertness
enervated · spiritless · lifeless · flat · drained · weary · fatigued · sluggish · lackluster · passionless
- dejectiondejected, despondent, discouraged, disheartened, downcast
- despairdespair, hopelessness, desolation, despondency, dejection
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, sorrowful, heartbroken
- lacking energylistless, languid, sluggish, weary, torpid
dispiriting, dispirit, dispiritedly, dispirits, dispiritedness