Definitions

dashed

[dasht] / dæʃt /

ADJECTIVE

dejected

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crestfallen despondent discouraged disheartened dispirited gloomy glum morose

STRONG

black clouded dampened down dragged drooping hurting low sagging

WEAK

abject all torn up atrabilious bleak broody bummed out cast down cheerless disconsolate dismal doleful down in the dumps down in the mouth downcast downhearted droopy heavy-hearted in the pits low-spirited melancholy miserable moody mopey mopish sad shot down spiritless woebegone wretched

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cheerful elated encouraged happy heartened inspirited

STRONG

above upright

WEAK

joyous

ADJECTIVE

discouraged

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crestfallen depressed dismayed pessimistic

STRONG

beat blue daunted deterred dispirited down

WEAK

beat-down caved-in down in the mouth downbeat downcast glum gone to pieces in a funk in blue funk in the dumps lost momentum sad

Antonyms

STRONGEST

encouraged

STRONG

heartened

WEAK

inspired

ADJECTIVE

done for

Synonyms

WEAK

ausgespielt beaten broken conquered cooked dead defeated destroyed done in doomed dying eighty-sixed exhausted finished foiled had it kaput lost packed up ruined shot sunk through tired undone vanquished washed-up wrecked

Antonyms

WEAK

accomplished successful

Example Sentences

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“The oil shock has dashed hopes across the developed world that persistent elevated inflation would resolve itself even with easy policy,” Unlimited Funds CEO Bob Elliott wrote to clients on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal

But across two legs of last-16 action, those suggestions of dominance have been dashed with just two teams - Arsenal and Liverpool - progressing to the quarter-finals.

From BBC

I dashed down the stairs, took my coat and my bicycle from inside the alley door, and was wheeling it over the threshold when Betsie’s voice reached me, soft but firm.

From Literature

I dashed forward to try to catch it.

From Literature

All my hopes for shutting down Hominy Ridge School were dashed.

From Literature

dashed

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