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dis·heart·en
 dishearten
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- pronunciation:
- dIs
har
t
 n
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
disheartens, disheartening, disheartened |
| definition: |
to depress or destroy the hope or confidence of; discourage; dispirit.
After getting several rejections, he was disheartened and thought he'd never get his writing published.- synonyms:
- daunt, deject, discourage, dismay, dispirit, unnerve
- antonyms:
- embolden, encourage, exhilarate, hearten
- similar words:
- chill, cow, crush, depress, distress, intimidate
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| related words: |
desolate, gloom |
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| derivations: |
dishearteningly (adv.), disheartenment (n.) |
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