dispirit

dispirit a person from future exertions

It was a really dispirited day.

the army was dispirited by the uncomfortable winter conditions.

Our lack of progress is very dispirit ing.

Depress, sadden, dispirit, [Slang; late 1960s

a dispirited and resigned expression on her face;

He looked so dispirited I took pity on him.

a failure that dispirited the team. See also Synonyms at dissuade encourage

There is something a little dispiriting about the beauty parade on certain sorts of social media.

What could be more painful or dispiriting than a crucifixion?

He added that it is dispiriting when people think all cops are abusive and use excessive force.

But one of the worlds most famous musicians has just given the BBC a rather dispiriting message.

When the shake-out comes, history offers two dispiriting examples of how a consumerfriendly boom can turn into a stitch-up.

Even in normal times, attending housing court in America is a dispiriting encounter with the judicial system.

Yeah, that is a pretty dispiriting thought.

Were they afraid that the kinds of ambiguities that you were raising would be dispiriting to your readers?

It could be oddly dispiriting, the blank refusal of humankind to even attempt to function responsibly.

But at once came the dispiriting realization that even if somebody looked into the compartment, he would be neither seen nor heard.