Definition

Adjective: * Utterly cast down; dejected; spiritless; lifeless. This is an archaic or literary word describing a state of extreme dejection, depression, or loss of spirit, as if the life or energy has been drained away.

Usage

• The word amort is extremely rare in modern English and is primarily found in older literary texts or used for deliberate archaic effect. It functions as a descriptive adjective, typically following a linking verb like "to be" or "to look."
• It describes a profound and complete state of melancholy or despair.

Examples

• Upon hearing the tragic news, he was utterly amort and could not be roused from his chair.
• The knight, defeated and disgraced, sat amort by the cold hearth.
• Her usually vibrant eyes looked amort after the long period of grief.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used metaphorically to describe things that have lost their vitality or liveliness.
  • The garden, after the first frost, lay amort under a grey sky.

Variants and Related Words

• Amortize (verb): This is a completely different, common financial and accounting term meaning to gradually write off the initial cost of an asset over a period of time. It shares an etymological root with amort (from Latin , "to death") but its modern meaning is distinct.
• Amortization (noun): The process or result of amortizing an asset.

Synonyms

• Dejected
• Despondent
• Dispirited
• Crestfallen
• Downcast
• Melancholy
• Languishing

Antonyms

• Elated
• Exuberant
• Jubilant
• Animated
• Spirited

Adjective

1. utterly cast down