amort
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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
- utterly cast down