dispirit
- v lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- And if there is much that is withering in his contempt, there is also something bracing in the loony tunelessness of this hymn to human dispirit.
- The chapters on how the government tracked and dealt with the threat from al-Qaeda before 911 fascinate and dispirit.
- The chapters on how the government tracked and dealt with the threat from al-Qaeda before 911 fascinate and dispirit.