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- Dictionarydispiriting/dɪˈspɪrɪtɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. causing someone to lose enthusiasm and hope; disheartening: "it was a dispiriting occasion"
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: to deprive of morale or enthusiasm. dispirited. (ˌ)di-ˈspir-ə-təd. -ˈspi-rət. adjective. dispiritedly adverb. dispiritedness noun. Synonyms. chill. daunt. demoralize. discourage. dishearten. dismay. frustrate. unman. unnerve. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of dispirit in a Sentence.
DISPIRITING definition: 1. causing you to not have much hope about a particular situation or problem: 2. causing you to…. Learn more.
Something that is dispiriting causes you to lose your enthusiasm and excitement. It's very dispiriting for anyone to be out of a job. Synonyms: disheartening, disappointing, depressing, crushing More Synonyms of dispiriting. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
Anything that makes you lose your sense of enthusiasm is dispiriting. Watching your favorite basketball team be defeated over and over again is dispiriting. If you're counting on friends to plan something fun for your birthday and they completely forget about it, that's dispiriting too.
Dispiriting definition: tending to lower the spirit or enthusiasm; depressing; discouraging. See examples of DISPIRITING used in a sentence.
Definition of dispiriting adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Define dispiriting. dispiriting synonyms, dispiriting pronunciation, dispiriting translation, English dictionary definition of dispiriting. tr.v. dis·pir·it·ed , dis·pir·it·ing , dis·pir·its To cause to lose spirit or enthusiasm; dishearten.
Dispirit definition: to deprive of spirit, hope, enthusiasm, etc.; depress; discourage; dishearten.. See examples of DISPIRIT used in a sentence.
IPA guide. Other forms: dispirited; dispiriting; dispirits. Definitions of dispirit. verb. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted. synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, get down. see more.
verb. (transitive) to lower the spirit or enthusiasm of; make downhearted or depressed; discourage. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency. dispirit in American English. (dɪˈspɪrɪt ) verb transitive. to lower the spirits of; make sad, discouraged, or apathetic; depress; deject.
