dispiritingly
In demoralizing fashion
In a manner that causes discouragement or loss of enthusiasm.
Something dispiritingly difficult saps your motivation to continue.
The project moved dispiritingly slowly.
She found the rejection letters dispiritingly similar in their vague politeness.
Causing loss of hope
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- defeatingOvercoming in competition
- sappingGradually draining vitality
- underminingWeakening by covert means
enervating · debilitating · devastating · draining · deflating · discouraging · weakening · daunting
Subdued, lasting sadness
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- hopelessnessState without hope
despair · joylessness · glumness · forlornness · dreariness · cheerlessness · somberness · desolation
Dreary and without cheer
- cynicalDoubting human goodness
- defeatistOne expecting inevitable failure
- gloomyDark and dispiriting
- hopelessBeyond possibility of success
fatalistic · despairing · negative · jaded · disenchanted · resigned · world-weary · disillusioned
Preventing through fear
- off-puttingCausing mild aversion
- uninspiringFailing to excite interest
- dissuadingAdvising against action
- hinderingCreating obstacles to progress
inhibiting · demotivating · unfavorable · unpromising · counterproductive · dampening · thwarting · frustrating
disheartening
Causing loss of hope
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- defeatingOvercoming in competition
- sappingGradually draining vitality
undermining · enervating · debilitating · devastating · draining · deflating · discouraging · weakening · daunting · overwhelming
melancholy
Subdued, lasting sadness
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
hopelessness · despair · joylessness · glumness · forlornness · dreariness · cheerlessness · somberness · desolation · wretchedness
bleak
Dreary and without cheer
hopeless · fatalistic · despairing · negative · jaded · disenchanted · resigned · world-weary · disillusioned · glass-half-empty
deterring
Preventing through fear
- off-puttingCausing mild aversion
- uninspiringFailing to excite interest
- dissuadingAdvising against action
hindering · inhibiting · demotivating · unfavorable · unpromising · counterproductive · dampening · thwarting · frustrating · obstructing
dispiritinglyencouragingly
In a supportive way
inspiringly · upliftingly · hearteningly · cheeringly · invigoratingly