Found 2 items, similar to Dispiriting.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: dispiriting dispiriting adj 1: destructive of morale and self-reliance [syn: demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening] 2: 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” [syn: blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Dispiriting Dispirit \Dis*pir"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispirited; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispiriting.] [Pref. dis- + spirit.] 1. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage. [1913 Webster] Not dispirited with my afflictions. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] He has dispirited himself by a debauch. --Collier. [1913 Webster] 2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]