dispiriting

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dispiriting

/dɪˈspɪɹɪtɪŋ/

adjective more dispiriting · most dispiriting

Lowering the morale of; making despondent or depressive. Luckily, though, the sumptuous, eerie look and mood of the movie make it possible to ignore this dispiriting and superfluous adherence to convention.
Similar: despiriting, disheartening, demoralizing, demotivating, disappointing, discouraging, dispiriting

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of dispirit

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@misc{dispiriting_2026,
  title = {dispiriting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dispiriting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}