[ UK /dɪshˈɑːtən/ ]
VERB
  1. take away the enthusiasm of
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How To Use dishearten In A Sentence

  • What became clear was just how many brides found it disheartening. The Sun
  • The Golden Bears had lost to Arizona and Southern California in disheartening fashion before beating rival Stanford and then the Aggies USATODAY.com
  • We had attended Morning Chant and were now seated for breakfast, disheartened but not surprised that the early Greys had already taken the bacon, and it remained only in exquisite odor. Excerpt: Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
  • No matter what time, no matter what may happen, I will never allow yourself a little get disheartened.
  • I found it a really disheartening process. Times, Sunday Times
  • His friend overlooks her disheartening daily experience because she is transfixed by the status and desirability of her job. Times, Sunday Times
  • Disheartened, Santa Anna separated from his large escort and planned to slip through the mountainous country with three attendants.
  • In a complex of lonely and socially clumsy bachelors, disheartened by too many rejections, she was news.
  • Returning to Montreal in '93, his pro hockey days behind him, a disheartened Jere worked in the exciting and fulfilling world of home renovations, but nevertheless felt empty and purposeless.
  • I feel so disheartened that I often don't bother applying any more. Times, Sunday Times
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