different between dispirited vs comfortless

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??sp???t?d/

Verb

dispirited

1. simple past tense and past participle of dispirit

Adjective

dispirited (comparative more dispirited, superlative most dispirited)

1. Without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.

   So dispirited were the troops after the loss of their beloved commander that they moped about and could barely be bothered to eat let alone load their guns.

Translations

English

Etymology

comfort +? -less

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?m.f?t.l?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?m.f?t.l?s/

Adjective

comfortless (comparative more comfortless, superlative most comfortless)

1. (of a person) Deprived of comfort; uncomforted.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, John 14:18,^[1]

     I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

   • c. 1612, William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, Henry VIII, Act II, Scene 3,^[2]

     The queen is comfortless, and we forgetful

     In our long absence: pray, do not deliver

     What here you've heard to her.

   • 1862, Christina Rossetti, “Mirage” in Goblin Market and other Poems,^[3]

     The hope I dreamed of was a dream,

     Was but a dream; and now I wake,

     Exceeding comfortless, and worn, and old,

     For a dream's sake.

2. (of a thing) Offering no comfort; uncomforting.
   • c. 1693, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act III, Scene 1,^[4]

     Alas, poor heart, that kiss is comfortless

     As frozen water to a starved snake.

   • 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Chapter V,^[5]

     I did not dare return to the apartment which I inhabited, but felt impelled to hurry on, although drenched by the rain which poured from a black and comfortless sky.

   • 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 4,^[6]

     In comfortless, damp blankets we got through the night.