Definitions for "dispiriting"
causing dejection; discouraging. Opposite of encouraging.
causing dejection or depression.
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"
destructive of morale and self-reliance