dispiriting

adjective

Tending to cause sadness or low spirits: blue, cheerless, depressing, dismal, gloomy, joyless, melancholy, sad. See happy/unhappy.

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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

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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

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 낙담 시키는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 憂鬱にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) إحباط, تثبيط للعزيمه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מרפא ידיים, מדכא‬

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