資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dispirit \Dis*pir"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dispirited}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Dispiriting}.] [Pref. dis- + spirit.]
   1. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of;
      to dishearten; to discourage.

            Not dispirited with my afflictions.   --Dryden.

            He has dispirited himself by a debauch. --Collier.

   2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.]

            This makes a man master of his learning, and
            dispirits the book into the scholar.  --Fuller.

   Syn: To dishearten; discourage; deject; damp; depress; cast
        down; intimidate; daunt; cow.

資料來源 : WordNet®

dispiriting
     adj 1: destructive of morale and self-reliance [syn: {demoralizing},
             {demoralising}, {disheartening}]
     2: 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" [syn:
         {blue}, {dark}, {depressing}, {disconsolate}, {dismal}, {gloomy},
         {grim}]