"dispirit" meaning in English

See dispirit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: dispirits [present, singular, third-person], dispiriting [participle, present], dispirited [participle, past], dispirited [past]
Rhymes: -ɪɹɪt Etymology: From dis- + spirit. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|dis|spirit}} dis- + spirit Head templates: {{en-verb}} dispirit (third-person singular simple present dispirits, present participle dispiriting, simple past and past participle dispirited)
  1. (transitive) To lower the morale of; to make despondent; to dishearten. Tags: transitive Synonyms: disspirit Derived forms: dispiritedly, dispiritedness, dispiritingly, dispiritment Translations (Lower the morale of): обезкуражавам (obezkuražavam) (Bulgarian), обезсърчавам (obezsǎrčavam) (Bulgarian), srazit (Czech), ontmoedigen (Dutch), masentaa (Finnish), lannistaa (Finnish), décourager (French), entmutigen (German)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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