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- DictionaryDis·heart·en/disˈhärtən/
verb
- 1. cause (someone) to lose determination or confidence: "the farmer was disheartened by the damage to his crops"
Definition of dishearten. as in to discourage. to lessen the courage or confidence of we were disheartened by the news that our grandmother was seriously ill. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. discourage. frustrate. daunt. dispirit. intimidate. frighten. demoralize. unnerve. scare. bother. worry. afflict. dismay. unman. horrify. browbeat. chill.
dishearten. verb [ T ] us / dɪsˈhɑːr.t ə n / uk / dɪsˈhɑː.t ə n / Add to word list. to make a person lose confidence, hope, and energy. Synonym. discourage (MAKE LESS CONFIDENT) Opposites. cheer. hearten. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Disappointing yourself and others. abjectly. anticlimactic. anticlimax.
Dis- is a prefix that means "not, un-, take away." Heart in its figurative sense means love, care, and good feelings. And the -en at the end shows the word is a verb with the sense of causing something to be. So dishearten means "to cause someone's 'heart' to be taken away."
5 days ago · adverb. disheartenment (disˈheartenment) noun. Word Frequency. dishearten in American English. (dɪsˈhɑːrtn) transitive verb. to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage. SYNONYMS dismay, daunt, deject, dispirit. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
Definition of dishearten verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
vb. ( tr) to weaken or destroy the hope, courage, enthusiasm, etc, of. disˈheartenment n. Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014. dis•heart•en. (dɪsˈhɑr tn) v.t. to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage. [1590–1600]
1. First recorded in 1590–1600; dis- 1 + hearten. Other words for dishearten. daunt, deject, dispirit; dismay. See synonyms for dishearten on Thesaurus.com. Other words from dishearten. dis·heart·en·er, noun. dis·heart·en·ment, noun. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024.
