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Disheartened vs Spiritless - What's the difference?

disheartened | spiritless | Related terms |

Disheartened is a related term of spiritless.


As adjectives the difference between disheartened and spiritless

is that disheartened is discouraged, despairing while spiritless is lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion enervated.

As a verb disheartened

is (dishearten).

disheartened

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Discouraged, despairing.
  • * 2004 , , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage :
    • He refused to get disheartened , even when all 50 writers polled by Newsweek predicted he would lose.

    Synonyms

    * dejected, dispirited, down in the mouth, sad, down in the dumps

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dishearten)
    • English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs

    spiritless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.
  • :The team played a spiritless first half, just going through the motions. But the realization they were playing for their sick friend energized them for the second half.

    • Synonyms

    * languid

    Derived terms

    * spiritlessly * spiritlessness