Thesaurus / dispirit
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Even by the mid-1980s, activists and historians, dispirited by a lack of parliamentary political victories, had begun to compare West Germany’s liberation movement unfavorably with that in the United States.
THE PROBLEM WITH A U.S.-CENTRIC UNDERSTANDING OF PRIDE AND LGBTQ RIGHTSSAMUEL HUNEKEJUNE 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHe cannot hope to defeat Tesse, but he may wear out and dispirit his men by constant attacks.
THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVEG. A. HENTYWilliam, like a wise general as he was, took care that the news of his accident should not dispirit his men.
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF IRELAND FROM AD 400 TO 1800MARY FRANCES CUSACKLike most energetic women, a first failure did not daunt or dispirit her, it only roused her energies the more vigorously.
IT MAY BE TRUE, VOL. III (OF III)MRS. WOODFitzosborne urged the duke not to allow such events to depress or dispirit him.
WILLIAM THE CONQUERORJACOB ABBOTTEverything to dispirit; but my invalids are really on the mend.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON - SWANSTON EDITION VOL. 25 (OF 25)ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONMore than fifty men, all of Marion's, were killed or wounded in this affair, but the loss did not dispirit the survivors.
THE LIFE OF FRANCIS MARIONWILLIAM GILMORE SIMMSBut not for long—Glory never allowed “making up” to dispirit her unduly.
GLORY AND THE OTHER GIRLANNIE HAMILTON DONNELLThe fate of Hidalgo did not dispirit the chiefs of the patriot cause.
GREAT EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICACHARLES A. GOODRICHIt was no business of the chaplain to discourage and dispirit men in a moment of danger, and a court was formed to sit upon him.
ENGLISH SEAMEN IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURYJAMES ANTHONY FROUDEWORDS RELATED TO DISPIRIT
- alarms
- appalls
- awes
- badgers
- baits
- bludgeons
- blusters
- bowls over
- browbeats
- buffalos
- bulldozes
- bullies
- chills
- coerces
- compels
- constrains
- cows
- daunts
- disheartens
- dismays
- dispirits
- disquiets
- dragoons
- enforces
- forces
- hounds
- lean on
- obliges
- overawes
- pushes around
- rides
- ruffles
- scares
- showboats
- spooks
- strong-arms
- subdues
- terrifies
- terrorizes
- twists someone's arm
- abuse
- afflict
- aggrieve
- annoy
- beat down
- burden
- crush
- despotize
- dishearten
- dispirit
- distress
- encumber
- force
- handicap
- harass
- harry
- hound
- keep down
- maltreat
- outrage
- overcome
- overload
- overpower
- overthrow
- overwhelm
- persecute
- pick on
- plague
- press
- prey on
- put down
- put screws to
- put the squeeze on
- put upon
- ride
- rule
- sadden
- saddle
- smother
- strain
- subjugate
- suppress
- tax
- torment
- torture
- trample
- trouble
- tyrannize
- vex
- weigh heavy upon
- worry
- wrong
- annoy
- bore
- burn out
- bush
- collapse
- crawl
- debilitate
- deject
- depress
- disgust
- dishearten
- dispirit
- displease
- distress
- drain
- droop
- drop
- enervate
- ennui
- exasperate
- fag
- fail
- faint
- fatigue
- flag
- fold
- give out
- go stale
- grow weary
- harass
- irk
- irritate
- jade
- nauseate
- overburden
- overstrain
- overtax
- overwork
- pain
- pall
- peter out
- poop out
- prostrate
- put to sleep
- sap
- sicken
- sink
- strain
- tax
- vex
- weaken
- wear
- wear down
- wear out
- wilt
- worry
- yawn
- agitate
- bewilder
- bowl over
- buffalo
- chill
- confound
- daunt
- demoralize
- disarm
- discombobulate
- disconcert
- discourage
- dishearten
- dismay
- dispirit
- distract
- enervate
- enfeeble
- floor
- fluster
- frighten
- get to
- give a turn
- needle
- perturb
- psych out
- rattle
- ride
- sap
- shake
- spook
- throw
- throw off
- uncalm
- undermine
- unhinge
- unsettle
- weaken
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