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Definition of dispiriting:
Synonyms:
depressing, dark, gloomy, dismal, demoralising, cheerless, uncheerful, disheartening, happy, joyless, melancholy, sad, demoralizing, discouraging, disconsolate, blue, grim.
Usage examples:
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His case was dispiriting in the extreme.
- "The Overland Expedition of The Messrs. Jardine", Frank Jardine and Alexander Jardine. -
No sun rose, but the day broke over an ugly plain with hardly any trees, and that grey and wretched dawn came in with a cold and dispiriting rain unrefreshed by wind.
- "Hills and the Sea", H. Belloc. -
The afternoon dragged on interminably, and to make the prospect more dispiriting the sky clouded over and the sun disappeared.
- "Stranded in Arcady", Francis Lynde.