DISPIRITING

demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting

(adjective) destructive of morale and self-reliance

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

dispiriting (comparative more dispiriting, superlative most dispiriting)

Lowering the morale of; making despondent or depressive; disheartening.

Synonyms

• See also disheartening

Verb

dispiriting

present participle of dispirit

Source: Wiktionary

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DISPIRIT

Dis*pir"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispirited; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispiriting.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + spirit.]

1. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage. Not dispirited with my afflictions. Dryden. He has dispirited himself by a debauch. Collier.

2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.] This makes a man master of his learning, and dispirits the book into the scholar. Fuller.

Syn.

– To dishearten; discourage; deject; damp; depress; cast down; intimidate; daunt; cow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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