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"
Something that is dispiriting causes you to lose your enthusiasm and excitement. It's very dispiriting for anyone to be out of a job. = disheartening