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disspiriting

disspiriting is the present participle and gerund of disspirit.

disspiriting is the alternative form of dispiriting.

Meaning of dispiriting

Adjective

dispiriting (comparative more dispiriting, superlative most dispiriting)

  1. Lowering the morale of; making despondent or depressive.
    • Luckily, though, the sumptuous, eerie look and mood of the movie make it possible to ignore this dispiriting and superfluous adherence to convention.2005 July 15, A. O. Scott, “Looking for the Candy, Finding a Back Story”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of disspiriting

comparativemore disspiriting
superlativemost disspiriting

Questions about disspiriting

What is disspiriting the present participle and gerund of?
Disspiriting is the present participle and gerund of disspirit.

Words near disspiriting in the dictionary

  1. disspelling
  2. disspells
  3. disspirit
  4. disspirited
  5. disspiritedly
  6. disspiriting
  7. disspirits
  8. disspread
  9. disspreaded
  10. disspreading
  11. disspreads

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