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diˈspiriting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That dispirits; disheartening, depressing.
1733Cheyne Eng. Malady ii. ix. §1 (1734) 206 The Symptoms may be so dispiriting and painful. 1799–1805S. Turner Anglo-Sax. I. iv. vi. 315 That dispiriting belief, which men on the eve of great conflicts sometimes experience, that he should not survive it. 1872M. E. Braddon To Bitter End xvii, Even though London-bridge terminus was a somewhat dirty and dispiriting place to arrive at.
Hence diˈspiritingly adv.
1882H. C. Merivale Faucit of B. I. i. iv. 67 Little enough of their influence, however, seemed to fall dispiritingly upon Daisy and Guy. |
