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Adjective

Making despondent or depressive

Depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive

Verb

Present participle for to lower the morale of

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Adjective

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Making despondent or depressive

unfavorable^US

somber^US

sombre^UK

gray^US

grey^UK

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

humourless^UK

humorless^US

wintery^UK

wintry^US

colorless^US

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

colourless^UK

unsavoury^UK

skeptical^US

sceptical^UK

looking on the black side

unsavory^US

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

given to looking on the black side

agonised^UK

agonized^US

ill-humored^US

matter of life and death

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“For Campbell, the past few months have seen a rebirth, after a dispiriting struggle in America with a shoulder injury.”

Adjective

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Depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive

colourless^UK

colorless^US

wintery^UK

wintry^US

dry as dust

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

somber^US

sombre^UK

grey^UK

gray^US

anaemic^UK

anemic^US

nothing to write home about

laboured^UK

labored^US

flavorless^US

flavourless^UK

greyish^UK

discoloured^UK

discolored^US

grayish^US

meager^US

meagre^UK

neither one thing nor the other

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

nothing to get excited about

driveling^US

drivelling^UK

cool, calm and collected

blending into the background

of little consequence

anaesthetic^UK

anesthetic^US

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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

hanging over

taking the wind out of your sails

bringing tears to your eyes

paralysing^UK

agonizing^US

paralyzing^US

putting someone off their stroke

dragging down

making blue

dampening the spirits of

agonising^UK

breaking someone's heart

shattering the illusions of

taking the heart out of

knocking the wind out of

breaking the heart of

causing anguish to

making wretched

galling

harshing one's mellow

harshing someone's mellow

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

causing someone to lose their composure

filling with consternation

giving someone the hump

throwing into a tizzy

putting the wind up

letting wind out of sails

taking down a peg or two

causing to lose heart

arousing sympathy

arousing pity

tugging at the heart

tugging at your heartstrings

scaring the bejesus out of

scaring the living daylights out of

making someone scratch their head

stopping someone in their tracks

bowling over

setting someone back on their heels

making one's hair stand on end

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

making someone's hair stand on end

scaring the pants off

giving someone goose pimples

scaring someone out of their wits

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

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

putting out of countenance

frightening to death

giving someone the heebie-jeebies

pulling the rug from under

benumbing

pulling the rug out from under

putting someone off their stride

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

pushing buttons

giving offence to

making one's flesh creep

giving one the creeps

scaring the daylights out of

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

upsetting the applecart

giving someone a fright

sending over the edge

setting someone thinking

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

tyrannizing^US

tyrannising^UK

making a big thing of

making a big thing out of

mau-mauing

making a mountain out of a molehill

making a meal of

leaning on

making a thing of

chilling to the marrow

pushing around

rubbing up the wrong way

putting your back up

rankling with

giving offence

putting someone's nose out of joint

causing offense

treading on someone's toes

throwing into a fright

surprizing

scaring someone half to death

striking

putting one away

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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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