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DISHEARTENED
demoralized, demoralised, discouraged, disheartened
(adjective) made less hopeful or enthusiastic; “desperate demoralized people looking for work”; “felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem”; “the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
disheartened (comparative more disheartened, superlative most disheartened)
Discouraged, despairing.
Synonyms: dejected, dispirited, down in the mouth, sad, down in the dumps
Verb
disheartened
simple past tense and past participle of dishearten
Source: Wiktionary
DISHEARTEN
Dis*heart"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disheartened; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheartening.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + hearten.]
Definition: To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject. Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened. Macaulay.
Syn.
– To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter; terrify.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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