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dispiriting definition
dispiriting |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb dispirit 1 sense of dispirit Sense 1 depress, deject, cast down get down dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise => chill Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb dispirit 1 sense of dispirit Sense 1 depress, deject, cast down get down dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise => chill Entailment of verb dispirit Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb dispirit 1 sense of dispirit Sense 1 depress, deject, cast down get down dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise => discourage Familiarity of verb dispirit dispirit used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb dispirit Sense 1 depress, deject, cast down get down dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise => discourage -------------- Overview of verb dispirit The verb dispirit has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. depress, deject, cast down get down dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise -- (lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her") Overview of adj dispiriting The adj dispiriting has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting -- (destructive of morale and self-reliance) 2. blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim -- (causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather") Antonyms of adj dispiriting 2 senses of dispiriting Sense 1 demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting INDIRECT (VIA discouraging) -> encouraging Sense 2 blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim INDIRECT (VIA cheerless) -> cheerful Similarity of adj dispiriting 2 senses of dispiriting Sense 1 demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting => discouraging (vs. encouraging) Sense 2 blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim => cheerless (vs. cheerful), uncheerful Attributes of adj dispiriting Familiarity of adj dispiriting dispiriting used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj dispiriting dispiriting Overview of verb dispirit The verb dispirit has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. depress, deject, cast down get down dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise -- (lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her") Overview of adj dispiriting The adj dispiriting has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting -- (destructive of morale and self-reliance) 2. blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim -- (causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather")
dispiriting definition
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