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dispirited

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.

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woebegone

English

Etymology

From Old English w?beg?n (“beset by woe”), from w? (“woe”) + beg?n (“to beset, to surround”). Equivalent to woe +? begone (past participle of bego).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?w??b???n/
  • (US) enPR: w??b?-gôn, IPA(key): /?wo?b???n/, enPR: w??b?-gän, IPA(key): /?wo?b???n/

Adjective

woebegone (comparative more woebegone, superlative most woebegone)

  1. In a deplorable state.
  2. Filled with or deeply affected by woe.

Synonyms

  • (in a deplorable state): dilapidated, derelict, godforsaken, ramshackle, rundown, tumbledown
  • (filled with woe): See Thesaurus:sad or Thesaurus:lamentable

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