[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dispirit \dispir"it\, v. t. imp.  p. p. dispirited; p. pr.
    vb. n. dispiriting. pref. dis- + spirit.
   1. to deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of;
      to dishearten; to discourage.
      1913 webster

            not dispirited with my afflictions.   --dryden.
      1913 webster

            he has dispirited himself by a debauch. --collier.
      1913 webster

   2. to distill or infuse the spirit of. obs. or r.
      1913 webster

            this makes a man master of his learning, and
            dispirits the book into the scholar.  --fuller.

   syn: to dishearten; discourage; deject; damp; depress; cast
        down; intimidate; daunt; cow.
        1913 webster
see also:
dispirited dispiriting 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dispiriting \dispiriting\ adj.
   causing dejection; discouraging. opposite of encouraging.

   syn: demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening.
        wordnet 1.5

   2. causing dejection or depression.

   syn: black, dark, depressing, grim.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
encouraging 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dispiriting
     adj 1: destructive of morale and self-reliance syn: demoralizing,
             demoralising, disheartening
     2: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war";
        "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate
        winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of
        november"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" syn:
         blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy,
         grim
see also:
demoralizing demoralising disheartening blue dark depressing 
disconsolate dismal gloomy grim 

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