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    disheartening
    /dɪsˈhɑːtnɪŋ/

    adjective

    • 1. causing someone to lose determination or confidence; discouraging or dispiriting: "her death is particularly disheartening because it was preventable"

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  3. Discouraging and putting off.

  4. Disheartening means discouraging or frustrating, and can be used as an adjective or a verb. Find 114 synonyms and antonyms of disheartening, as well as related words and examples, on Merriam-Webster Thesaurus.

  5. Sep 5, 2012 · Dishearten means to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage. See the word history, synonyms, and example sentences of dishearten from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

  6. Something disheartening causes you to lose your confidence or enthusiasm. It's disheartening when your basketball team loses four games in a row. Breaking disheartening down to its parts, you can see the dis-prefix, meaning "not" or "take away," and the figurative heart, "good feelings or courage." While a heartening message from your pen pal ...

  7. Disheartening means depressing a person’s hope, courage, or spirits; discouraging. See how to use this adjective in sentences from The Daily Beast and Project Gutenberg.

  8. Dishearten means to make a person lose confidence, hope, and energy. See how to use this verb in sentences and find synonyms, antonyms, and related words.

  9. Disheartening means making you lose hope or confidence. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences with synonyms and pronunciation tips from Oxford University Press.