adjective
- Tending to cause sadness or low spirits: blue, cheerless, depressing, dismal, gloomy, joyless, melancholy, sad. See happy/unhappy.
| Thesaurus: dispiriting |
adjective
| WordNet: dispiriting |
The adjective has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
destructive of morale and self-reliance
Synonyms: demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening
Meaning #2:
causing dejection
Synonyms: blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim
| Translations: Dispiriting |
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - nedslående
Nederlands (Dutch)
ontmoedigend
Français (French)
adj. - décourageant, déprimant
Deutsch (German)
adj. - entmutigend
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αποκαρδιωτικός, απογοητευτικός, αποθαρρυντικός
Italiano (Italian)
scoraggiante
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - desanimador, deprimente
Русский (Russian)
разочаровывающий
Español (Spanish)
adj. - deprimente, desalentador
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - modfällt, ledsamt
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使沮丧的, 使气馁的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 使沮喪的, 使氣餒的
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) إحباط, تثبيط للعزيمه
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - מרפא ידיים, מדכא
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