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dispiritedly
adverb
uk /dɪˈspɪr.ɪ.tɪd.li/ us /dɪˈspɪr.ə.t̬ɪd.li/
in a way that shows you do not feel much hope about a particular situation or problem:
She turned and walked dispiritedly towards the door.
"It's hopeless," he replied dispiritedly.
She returned to her room and rather dispiritedly began to pack her things up.
A couple of homeless people trudged dispiritedly past.
She took one last look in the mirror, sighing dispiritedly at the sight of her own reflection.
He was slumped dispiritedly against the sofa cushions.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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a road to nowhereidiom
be in a funkidiom
be on a hiding to nothingidiom
be on the road to nowhereidiom
bleakly
bleakness
dispiritedness
dispiritingly
doom and gloom
doomed
doomster
downcast
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hopeless
hopelessly
hopelessness
lose heartidiom
undone
unhopeful
what are you going to do?idiom
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