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Adjective

Causing one to be despondent or dispirited

Causing distress, dread or alarm

Depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive

Present participle for to lower the morale of

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Adjective

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Causing one to be despondent or dispirited

sombre^UK

somber^US

unfavorable^US

gray^US

grey^UK

wintery^UK

wintry^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

stern

demoralized^US

downcast

weighty

colourless^UK

colorless^US

demoralised^UK

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

looking on the black side

given to looking on the black side

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“Keeping vibrations of hope on the pulse through dispiriting times was part of the task she set herself.”

Adjective

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Causing distress, dread or alarm

somber^US

sombre^UK

agonising^UK

agonizing^US

humorless^US

humourless^UK

unfavorable^US

gray^US

grey^UK

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

meagre^UK

gruelling^UK

meager^US

grueling^US

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

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Adjective

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Depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive

colorless^US

colourless^UK

wintery^UK

wintry^US

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

grey^UK

gray^US

somber^US

sombre^UK

anaemic^UK

anemic^US

nothing to write home about

laboured^UK

labored^US

greyish^UK

discoloured^UK

discolored^US

meager^US

meagre^UK

grayish^US

neither one thing nor the other

flavorless^US

flavourless^UK

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

nothing to get excited about

driveling^US

drivelling^UK

blending into the background

not amounting to much

nothing out of the ordinary

paralyzed^US

paralysed^UK

of little consequence

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Verb

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Present participle for to lower the morale of

throwing cold water on

giving someone the blues

pouring cold water on

knocking the stuffing out of

making someone fed up

scaring

taking the wind out of your sails

bringing tears to your eyes

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

agonizing^US

putting someone off their stroke

dragging down

making blue

dampening the spirits of

agonising^UK

breaking someone's heart

knocking the wind out of

putting into a flap

castrating

casting a pall over

harshing one's mellow

shattering the illusions of

dissuading

confusing

causing someone to lose their composure

breaking the heart of

harshing someone's mellow

causing to lose heart

taking the heart out of

giving someone the hump

tugging at your heartstrings

letting wind out of sails

taking down a peg or two

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

filling with consternation

messing up

throwing into a tizzy

making one's hair stand on end

setting someone back on their heels

making someone scratch their head

stopping someone in their tracks

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

scaring the pants off

scaring the bejesus out of

giving someone goose pimples

scaring someone out of their wits

scaring the living daylights out of

putting the fear of God into

taking by surprise

electrifying

giving a hard time

throwing into a blue funk

hurting somebody's feelings

causing to be at a stand

making one's blood run cold

making someone's hair stand on end

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

giving someone the heebie-jeebies

putting out of countenance

zinging

getting

pulling the rug from under

benumbing

putting someone off their stride

pulling the rug out from under

taking your breath away

making someone jump out of their skin

making someone shake in their shoes

throwing into a panic

sending into a cold sweat

scaring the life out of

scaring the hell out of

frightening the living daylights out of

frightening the life out of

frightening someone out of their wits

giving offence to

making one's flesh creep

giving one the creeps

filling with loathing

scaring the daylights out of

fearing

blinding someone with something

messing with one's head

hitting like ton of bricks

raising someone's eyebrows

completely surprising

shaking out of your complacency

balking^US

baulking^UK

frightening out of your wits

scaring the pants off of

rubbing up the wrong way

rankling with

giving offence

putting someone's nose out of joint

causing offense

treading on someone's toes

getting your goat

bullyragging

upsetting the applecart

giving someone a fright

sending over the edge

doing a number on

making it tough for

mixing up

setting someone thinking

tyrannizing^US

tyrannising^UK

chilling to the marrow

throwing into a fright

mispleasing

scaring someone half to death

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“It was tabu for a messenger to go direct to the army lest he should dispirit the troops.”

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