DISPIRITING

Meaning of DISPIRITING in English

/ dɪˈspɪrɪtɪŋ; NAmE / adjective

making sb lose their hope or enthusiasm :

a dispiriting experience / failure

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

DISPIRITING — adjective : acting to dispirit : discouraging , disheartening , cheerless one person whose struggle for existence was more hopeless …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DISPIRITING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dispirit
Английский словарь Webster
DISPIRITING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Dispirit
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DISPIRITING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of dispirit.
Webster English vocab
DISPIRITING — Something that is dispiriting causes you to lose your enthusiasm and excitement. It’s very dispiriting for anyone to be out …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DISPIRITING — Something that is ~ causes you to lose your enthusiasm and excitement. It’s very ~ for anyone to be out …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DISPIRITING — [adjective]It was a bit dispiriting to see so few people arriving for the meeting.
Cambridge English vocab
DISPIRITING — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: GLOOMY 3, black, bleak, depressing, depressive, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dreary, funereal Related Words: dejecting, distressing; oppressing …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DISPIRITING — adjective Synonyms: gloomy 3, black, bleak, depressing, depressive, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, dreary, funereal Related Word: dejecting, distressing; oppressing Antonyms: inspiriting
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
DISPIRITING — adj. 25B6; adjective DISHEARTENING, depressing, discouraging, daunting, demoralizing.
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DISPIRITING — Расхолаживающий
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CHILL — I. noun Etymology: Middle English chile ~, frost, from Old English ciele; akin to Old English ceald cold Date: before …
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WET — I. ˈwet, usu -ed.+V verb ( wet or wetted ; wet or wetted ; wetting ; wets ) Etymology: Middle …
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DISMAL — I. ˈdizməl adjective ( often -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from dismal, n., set of 24 days (two in each …
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DEPRESSANT — I. -s ə nt adjective : causing depression : tending to depress: as a. : making unhappy : dispiriting a …
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COLD — I. ˈkōld adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cald, ceald; akin to Old High German kalt …
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CLOUD — I. ˈklau̇d noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, rock, hill, cloud, from Old English clūd; akin …
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CHILL — I. ˈchil verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English chillen, chilen, from chile, chele cold (n.), frost, from Old English …
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SADNESS — noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English sadnesse seriousness, firmness, from sad (I) + -nesse -ness 1. : the quality …
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DISPIRITINGLY — adverb : in a dispiriting manner
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DISPIRIT — də, (ˈ)di+ transitive verb also dis·spirit də, (ˈ)di(s)+ Etymology: dis- (I) + spirit (n.) 1. obsolete : to take away …
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DISCOURAGE — də̇ˈskər.]ij, -kə.r], ]ēj, esp in pres part ]əj verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle French descorager, descourager, from Old French …
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DESOLATING — adjective : that desolates: a. : saddening a desolating letter b. : dejecting, dispiriting , depressing the most desolating spectacle …
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CHEERLESS — ˈchirlə̇s, -iəl adjective : lacking anything cheering, comforting, gladdening, or heartening : bleak , dispiriting there was something cheerless and …
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KILL-JOY — (n.) One who causes gloom or grief; a dispiriting person.
Английский словарь Webster
CHILL — (a.) Discouraging; depressing; dispiriting.
Английский словарь Webster
KILL-JOY — ( n. ) One who causes gloom or grief; a dispiriting person.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHILL — ( a. ) Discouraging; depressing; dispiriting.
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WORK — /werrk/ , n., adj., v., worked or ( Archaic except for 35, 37, 40 ) wrought; working . n. 1. …
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COLD — — coldish , adj. — coldly , adv. — coldness , n. /kohld/ , adj., colder, coldest , n., adv. …
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