1
[ adjective ] destructive of morale and self-reliance

Related terms

discouraging

2
[ adjective ] causing dejection

Examples

"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"

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