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    dispiriting
    /dɪˈspɪrɪtɪŋ/

    adjective

    • 1. causing someone to lose enthusiasm and hope; disheartening: "it was a dispiriting occasion"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDISPIRITING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Dispiriting means causing you to not have much hope about a particular situation or problem. See how to use this adjective in sentences and learn its pronunciation and translations.

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  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › dispiritDispirit Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Dispirit is a verb that means to deprive of morale or enthusiasm. Dispiriting is the adjective form of dispirit, and it can also mean discouraging or demoralizing.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › dispiritingDispiriting - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    Things that discourage you or make you feel hopeless are dispiriting. It can be dispiriting when the candidate you've supported and campaigned for loses the election. Anything that makes you lose your sense of enthusiasm is dispiriting.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDISPIRITING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Dispiriting means causing you to lose your enthusiasm and excitement. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences and find synonyms, pronunciation and related terms.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › dispiritingDispiriting - definition of dispiriting by The Free Dictionary

    Dispiriting means tending to lower the spirit or enthusiasm; depressing; discouraging. Find the origin, pronunciation, and translations of dispiriting in English and other languages.

  7. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › dispiritingDISPIRITING Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words -...

    Synonyms for DISPIRITING: disheartening, discouraging, dismaying, demoralizing, disconcerting, daunting, troubling, troublesome; Antonyms of DISPIRITING: reassuring, settling, soothing, calming, comforting, relaxing, narcotic, dreamy.

  8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDISPIRITED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    not feeling much hope about a particular situation or problem: The troops were dispirited and disorganized. Synonyms. blue (SAD) informal. dejected. depressed. despondent. doleful. dolorous literary. downcast. downhearted. down in the dumps. gloomy. glum informal. low-spirited. melancholy. miserable (UNHAPPY) mournful. plaintive. sad (NOT HAPPY)