dispirit


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Synonyms for dispirit

to make less hopeful or enthusiastic

to make sad or gloomy

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Synonyms for dispirit

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But for those dispirited and angered by the 2000 election, the president's response to 9/11 and its aftermath, his family's ties to Saudi oil, and the White House's monomaniacal prosecution of the war in Iraq (and subsequent disinterest in Osama bin Laden or weapons of mass destruction), Moore has fashioned a cri de coeur that resonates across the land.
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As for teachers, they are so dispirited, demoralised and angry, they are calling strikes and want the head of Ofsted fired.
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