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Dispirited vs Calamitous - What's the difference?

dispirited | calamitous | Related terms |

Dispirited is a related term of calamitous.


As adjectives the difference between dispirited and calamitous

is that dispirited is without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened while calamitous is concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.

As a verb dispirited

is (dispirit).

dispirited

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dispirit)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.
    • So dispirited were the troops after the loss of their beloved commander that they moped about and could barely be bothered to eat let alone load their guns.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 19 , author=Josh Halliday , title=Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised? , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=The shift in the balance of power online has allowed anyone to publish to the world, from dispirited teenagers in south London to an anonymous cyber-dissident in a Middle East autocracy.}}

    calamitous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.
  • :The city was struck by a calamitous cyclone.

    • Synonyms

    * destructive * fatal