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Synonyms for dispiriting
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dih-spir-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈspɪr ɪt |
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Définition of dispiriting
Origin :- 1640s; see dis- + spirit (n.). Related: Dispirited; dispiriting.
- adj depressing
- But it was dispiriting to realize how Standish must privately appraise him.
- Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall
- At this time Henry's situation was most perilous and dispiriting.
- Extract from : « Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 » by J. Endell Tyler
- It was two hours before he returned, and the news he brought was dispiriting.
- Extract from : « A Girl of the Commune » by George Alfred Henty
- Nothing can be more dismal or dispiriting than the fearful uproar.
- Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
- Not sad or dispiriting by any means, but briskly enlivening was their lay.
- Extract from : « She and I, Volume 2 » by John Conroy Hutcheson
- Faced by these dispiriting facts, she felt her enthusiasm ebbing.
- Extract from : « Just Patty » by Jean Webster
- The worthy man proceeded at some length with these dispiriting particulars.
- Extract from : « The Confidence-Man » by Herman Melville
- It was a great happiness to get away after this dragging, dispiriting delay.
- Extract from : « The Innocents Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- Session after session had been scrambled through in dispiriting fashion.
- Extract from : « Lord Randolph Churchill » by Winston Spencer Churchill
- This in itself was a relief from the daily dispiriting round.
- Extract from : « The Mercenary » by W. J. Eccott
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