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dispiriting

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dis·pir·it  (d-sprt)
tr.v. dis·pir·it·ed, dis·pir·it·ing, dis·pir·its
To lower in or deprive of spirit; dishearten. See Synonyms at discourage.
[di(s)- + spirit.]
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Adj.1.dispiriting - destructive of morale and self-reliance
demoralising, demoralizing, disheartening
discouraging - depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; "where never is heard a discouraging word"
dispiriting
adjective disheartening, disappointing, depressing, crushing, discouraging, daunting, sickening, saddening, demoralizing << OPPOSITE reassuring


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This appeal is not always a charm, for there are estuaries of a particularly dispiriting ugliness: lowlands, mud- flats, or perhaps barren sandhills without beauty of form or amenity of aspect, covered with a shabby and scanty vegetation conveying the impression of poverty and uselessness.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
It was a great happiness to get away after this dragging, dispiriting delay.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
She stopt to blush and laugh at her own relapse, and then resumed a more serious, more dispiriting cogitation upon what had been, and might be, and must be.
Emma by Austen, Jane View in context
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