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Dispiriting

//dɪˈspɪɹɪtɪŋ// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Lowering the morale of; making despondent or depressive; disheartening.

    "Luckily, though, the sumptuous, eerie look and mood of the movie make it possible to ignore this dispiriting and superfluous adherence to convention."

Adjective
  1. 1
    destructive of morale and self-reliance wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of dispirit form-of, gerund, participle, present

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