dispirited

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Never before had they felt so dispirited, and yet never had they been so near being relieved from their misery.

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  1. adjective Affected or marked by low spirits; dejected. See Synonyms at depressed.

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  • Once dispirited, the individual can be molded by the state. (p. 16) from Star Trek? —  American Thinker
  • I had never seen the good old negro look so dispirited, and I feared that some serious disaster had befallen my friend Well, Jup," said I, "what is the matter now?--how is your master Why, to speak de troof, massa, him not so berry well as mought be Not well! —  The Short-story
  • I vill go after dem He raised his bulky frame with a sigh, for he was somewhat weak and dispirited--the band with which he hunted having been at the starving-point for some days. —  The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood
  • General Lesley is evidently dispirited, and thinks bad of the cause. —  The Children of the New Forest
  • No one would have recognised the dispirited, almost broken-hearted hut-keeper in the fine, active, intelligent man he had now become. —  The Gilpins and their Fortunes A Story of Early Days in Australia
 

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/dɪsˈpɪrɪtɛd/
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