Disanimating

adj, verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of disanimate form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    That deprives of vigour or courage; disheartening, dispiriting.

    "To call the pearly drops from Pity's eye, / Or stay Despair's disanimating sigh […]."

  2. 2
    That deprives of soul or life; fatal, deadly.

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"To call the pearly drops from Pity's eye, / Or stay Despair's disanimating sigh […]."

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