dispiriting | ||
1. | [ adjective ] destructive of morale and self-reliance | |
Synonyms: | disheartening demoralising demoralizing | |
Related terms: | discouraging | |
2. | [ adjective ] causing dejection | |
Synonyms: | dark depressing grim disconsolate gloomy dismal blue | |
Examples: | "a blue day" "the dark days of the war" "a week of rainy depressing weather" "a disconsolate winter landscape" "the first dismal dispiriting days of November" "a dark gloomy day" "grim rainy weather" |
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Related terms: | cheerless | |
Similar spelling: |
dispirit disproving dispirited disparaging dispiritedly disparagingly dispersion dispiritedness dispraise disparity disparateness disparate |