What is another word for dispiriting?
183 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ d_ɪ_s_p_ˈɪ_ɹ_ɪ_t_ɪ_ŋ], [ dɪspˈɪɹɪtɪŋ], [ dɪspˈɪɹɪtɪŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for dispiriting:Synonyms for Dispiriting:
adj.
•black (adjective) •cheerless (adjective)- mopey,
- de-pressed,
- un-comfortable,
- mopier,
- drab,
- in the dumps,
- draggier,
- tenebrific,
- un comfortable,
- jarring,
- de solate,
- draggiest,
- in dumps,
- more dejecting,
- more drearisome,
- de-solate,
- mopiest,
- most drearisome,
- most dejecting,
- de pressed,
- woebegone.
- more ungenial,
- un-companionable,
- more unwelcoming,
- un-responsive,
- re served,
- un happier,
- un-happiest,
- unhappy,
- more uncompanionable,
- most ungenial,
- most uncompanionable,
- un-emotional,
- un responsive,
- with-drawn,
- un happy,
- in-different,
- un genial,
- with drawn,
- un-happy,
- un-welcoming,
- un happiest,
- most unwelcoming,
- solitary,
- un welcoming,
- re-served,
- un emotional,
- in different,
- un-happier,
- un companionable,
- un-genial.
- dis-maying,
- most offputting,
- more dampening,
- dis-advantageous,
- dis maying,
- dis advantageous,
- un-propitious,
- un favorable,
- dis-appointing,
- most dampening,
- in-opportune,
- most off putting,
- dis appointing,
- most dissuading,
- re pressing,
- more hindering,
- more offputting,
- in opportune,
- un-favorable,
- more off-putting,
- most dismaying,
- more repressing,
- most repressing,
- off putting,
- more dismaying,
- un propitious,
- more off putting,
- most hindering,
- offputting,
- most off-putting,
- unpropitious,
- more dissuading,
- re-pressing.
- dis agreeable,
- overcast,
- dis-agreeable,
- over cast,
- inauspicious,
- un fortunate,
- in-auspicious,
- in auspicious,
- un-fortunate,
- over-cast,
- in pits.
n.
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- boring,
- tedious,
- trivial,
- humdrum,
- uninspired,
- melancholy,
- unexciting,
- sad,
- dull,
- uninteresting,
- happy,
- mind-numbing.
Other synonyms:
•adj.- acheronian,
- acherontic,
- cheerless,
- chill,
- demoralizing,
- depressing,
- discouraging,
- dismal,
- dreary,
- head ache,
- joyless,
- off-putting,
- oppressive,
- superincumbent,
- Drearisome,
- ungenial,
- heart-rending,
- unwelcoming,
- Uncompanionable,
- down in mouth,
- draggy,
- have the blahs,
- in the pits,
- ironhanded,
- no nonsense,
- rough going.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
depressing, disappointing, discouraging, disheartening.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Verb, gerund or present participle
depressing, discouraging.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
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Adjective
distressing.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
disheartening.
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Adjective
Dispiriting Sentence Examples:
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There must be a very dispiriting influence prevailing here; the keeper refused to take any money, the solitary Italian we have seen so affected.
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The outlook everywhere, even during those blazing sunny days and clear moonlit nights, was cheerless and dispiriting.