dispiriting

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Present participle of dispirit
Lowering the morale of; making despondent or depressive; disheartening
causing dejection; "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"
Something that is dispiriting causes you to lose your enthusiasm and excitement. It's very dispiriting for anyone to be out of a job. = disheartening
destructive of morale and self-reliance
dispirit
Lower the morale of; make despondent; dishearten
dispirit
{v} to discourage, damp, deject, oppress
dispirit
To distill or infuse the spirit of
dispirit
To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage
dispirit
lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
dispirit
{f} dishearten, discourage, cause to lose hope or enthusiasm
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