DISPIRITING Synonyms

• destructive of morale and self-reliance

• causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy

• depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action

• expressing disapproval in order to dissuade

• destructive of morale and self-reliance

• causing consternation

• an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

• the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

• win a victory over

• thwart the passage of

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• make unhappy

• come to feel sad

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• confuse or put into disorder

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• lower (prices or markets)

• cause to drop or sink

• press down

• lessen the activity or force of

• the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

• fear resulting from the awareness of danger

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• lower (one's body) as by kneeling

• move something or somebody to a lower position

• alight from (a horse)

• pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action