disanimating

English

Verb

disanimating

  1. present participle and gerund of disanimate

Adjective

disanimating (comparative more disanimating, superlative most disanimating)

  1. That deprives of vigour or courage; disheartening, dispiriting.
    • 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 87:
      To call the pearly drops from Pity's eye, / Or stay Despair's disanimating sigh […] .
  2. That deprives of soul or life; fatal, deadly.
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