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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 • Mar. 20, 2026

Although that meant breaking out flip-flops and scheduling picnics earlier than normal, it has also dashed hopes of a superbloom in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

His hopes of reaching Turkey dashed by the Middle East war, Rashid Nazari fled back to Afghanistan where he described the search in neighbouring Iran for food, fuel and safety.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

Then, all of the ideas about what life could’ve been are dashed away in an instant.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

Anya dashed to Alfhercht and grabbed his arm.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.