"Disheartened" is a verb used with an object that means to have lost some hope. Someone who is disheartened is discouraged.
"She was disheartened by the fact the he no longer called."
The huge mound of laundry I still had to was did not fail to dishearten me.
Don't let his harsh attitude dishearten you.
She was so excited about the work she was doing that I did not want to dishearten her by telling her that we didn't need the report anymore.
"She was disheartened by the fact he no longer called." "I was disheartened when I didn't get the role of Cinderella in the play." "She was so excited about the work she was doing that I did not want to dishearten her by telling her that we didn't need the report anymore." "Don't let his harsh attitude dishearten you." "The failure of her first attempt proved to dishearten her."
The root word is heart.
Discourage, bring down, dishearten.
Don't let his harsh attitude dishearten you.
She was so excited about the work she was doing that I did not want to dishearten her by telling her that we didn't need the report anymore.
"She was disheartened by the fact he no longer called." "I was disheartened when I didn't get the role of Cinderella in the play." "She was so excited about the work she was doing that I did not want to dishearten her by telling her that we didn't need the report anymore." "Don't let his harsh attitude dishearten you." "The failure of her first attempt proved to dishearten her."
yuh pronounce dishearten like this:dis~heart~en
Encourage.
The root word is heart.
Discourage, bring down, dishearten.
Discourage, bring down, dishearten.
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To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt., To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts., Lack of courage; cowardliness.
To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt., To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts., Lack of courage; cowardliness.
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