dispiriting

[ US /dɪˈspɪɹɪtɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /dɪspˈɪɹɪtɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. destructive of morale and self-reliance
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How To Use dispiriting In A Sentence

  • Economically, we were on the cusp of a new and dispiriting era.
  • This is essential if dispiriting reading for the tender-hearted and tough-minded alike.
  • To stare at an empty vastness would be dispiriting; perhaps also it would bring about too great a sense of isolation.
  • The sameness of these teen girl movies is dispiriting.
  • Breyer, lamenting the court's "dispiriting" decision, said he knows of no other supreme court in the world that has closed its main entrance. Supreme Court closes its front doors to the public
  • This made a dispiriting start to the evening, which is something one doesn't often say about Balanchine.
  • The exchange of ideas and information becomes a battle of wills, a futile and dispiriting activity.
  • The rain ran into his eyes, down his body, its blows heavier, more dispiriting -- THE LAST RAVEN
  • Under a Republican administration, such cavalier dismissal of urban prosperity, even by a career HUD official, is dispiriting.
  • The rapid accumulation of rejections was a dispiriting sign of how much I had aged. THE DEVIL'S OWN WORK
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