disheartened en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From the verb hearten.
Meanings
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Discouraged, despairing.
He refused to get disheartened, even when all 50 writers polled by Newsweek predicted he would lose.
2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more disheartened | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most disheartened | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
undisheartened · disheartenedly
Synonyms
cut up · doleful · saddened · dispirited · down in the dumps · downsome · dejected · woe · dispirited · mournful · down · blue · dismal · bummed out · threnetical · damp · elegious · down in the mouth · low · crestfallen · down in the dumps · glum · saturnine · sombre · solemn · sorrowsome · unhappy · infelicitous · woeful · wretched · heartsick · threnetic · tristful · unconsolable · unlively · disconsolate · spiritless · sad · uncheerful · mopey · ruthful · chapfallen · lachrymose · atrabiliary · grief-stricken · depressed · grieving · heavy-hearted · down in the mouth · chopfallen · woebegone · morose · inconsolable · downhearted · wistful · elegiac · downhearted · sad · melancholic · dolesome · downcast · despondent · lugubrious · gloomy · querulous · miserable · uncheery · dull · jawfallen · disgruntled · disheartened · dejected · lamentful · low-spirited · plaintive · sorrow-ridden · Plutonian · triste · forlorn · sullen · cheerless · melancholy · heartsore · moody · blitheless · lumpish · shattered · atrabilious · sorrowful · joyless · passionate · Plutonic
Translations (2)
grc δύσθυμος (discouraged) · ga scíth (discouraged)