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}]