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DISPIRITEDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dispiritedness mean?
• DISPIRITEDNESS (noun)
The noun DISPIRITEDNESS has 1 sense:
1. a feeling of low spirits
Familiarity information: DISPIRITEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A feeling of low spirits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
dejectedness; dispiritedness; downheartedness; low-spiritedness; lowness
Context example:
he felt responsible for her lowness of spirits
Hypernyms ("dispiritedness" is a kind of...):
sadness; unhappiness (emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being)
Derivation:
dispirited (filled with melancholy and despondency)
dispirited (marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm)
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