dejecting
Causing spirits low
Dejecting means causing someone to feel disheartened or dispirited.
The word is the present participle of deject, though the adjective dejected is far more common than the verb itself.
The dejecting news left everyone silent.
Nothing is more dejecting than repeated failure.
Causing loss of enthusiasm
- saddeningCausing emotional pain
- demoralizingDestroying confidence or hope
- depressingCausing low mood
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
despondent · forlorn · woebegone · dismayed · disconsolate · melancholic · sorrowful · mournful
Preventing through fear
- dissuadingAdvising against action
- dauntingDiscouraging through difficulty
- dampeningReducing or wetting slightly
- deflatingReleasing contained gas
crushing · disappointing · undermining · thwarting · rebuffing · chilling · sobering · unnerving
Completely without hope
- hopelessBeyond possibility of success
- pessimisticExpecting negative outcomes
- fatalisticBelieving events are inevitable
- bleakDreary and without cheer
nihilistic · resigned · defeatist · cynical · disillusioned · desolate · abject · wretched
dispiriting
Causing loss of enthusiasm
- saddeningCausing emotional pain
- demoralizingDestroying confidence or hope
- depressingCausing low mood
crestfallen · despondent · forlorn · woebegone · dismayed · disconsolate · melancholic · sorrowful · mournful · doleful
deterring
Preventing through fear
- dissuadingAdvising against action
- dauntingDiscouraging through difficulty
- dampeningReducing or wetting slightly
deflating · crushing · disappointing · undermining · thwarting · rebuffing · chilling · sobering · unnerving · shaking
despairing
Completely without hope
- hopelessBeyond possibility of success
- pessimisticExpecting negative outcomes
- fatalisticBelieving events are inevitable
bleak · nihilistic · resigned · defeatist · cynical · disillusioned · desolate · abject · wretched · dreary
dejectinguplifting
Emotionally encouraging
cheering · encouraging · heartening · elating · inspiring