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Unhappy vs Dispirited - What's the difference?

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Unhappy is a related term of dispirited.


As adjectives the difference between unhappy and dispirited

is that unhappy is not happy; sad while dispirited is without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.

As a verb dispirited is

(dispirit).

unhappy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Not happy; sad.
  • * The Beggar's Opera
    • A moment of time may make us unhappy forever.
  • Not satisfied; unsatisfied.
  • Not lucky; unlucky.
  • Not suitable; unsuitable.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * happy * glad * delighted * exuberant * joyous * joyful

    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.}}