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US
/ˌɫoʊˈspɪɹətɪd/
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ADJECTIVE
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filled with melancholy and despondency
gloomy predictions
downcast after his defeat
depressed by the loss of his job
feeling discouraged and downhearted
a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
the darkening mood
lonely and blue in a strange city
a gloomy silence
took a grim view of the economy
How To Use low-spirited In A Sentence
- However after learning Yang great wild goose this factory arms the security office staff status truly, the new hundred personnel depart low-spirited.
- I felt a little bit low-spirited after my first attempt but decided to cheer myself up, and headed for the head office of one of the biggest commercial banks in town.
- The women were low-spirited, dull, nay, peevish, they did not well know why; and the men could not be joyous, though the ready resource of old hock and champagne made some of them talkative. — Saint Ronan's Well
- I have had a slight feverish attack for the last few days, and I feel ill, or rather I feel low-spirited.
- Lionel, concluding himself the cause, begged her not to be low-spirited, but to write the letter at once. Camilla
- I've been kind of low-spirited, and, thinks I, if there is a place where I could get chippered up it's down to the poor-house, where it's always so lively and sociable; and if Mis 'Bemis ain't a-goin' to send for me I'll jest go over and find out the reason why. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885
- Liz at this point was a bit low-spirited and asked her Mum for advice.
- Meta talked so as to brighten and invigorate Norman when they were together, but they both grew low-spirited when apart. The Daisy Chain
- Katy began to feel low-spirited. What Katy Did
- But my Lord continues so weak and low-spirited, that there is no getting from him. Clarissa Harlowe
