Dispiriting

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Not dispirited with my afflictions.   --Dryden.
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              He has dispirited himself by a debauch. --Collier.
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     2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.]
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              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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  dispiriting \dispiriting\ adj.
     causing dejection; discouraging. Opposite of {encouraging}.
  
     Syn: demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening.
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     2. causing dejection or depression.
  
     Syn: black, dark, depressing, grim.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]