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Grammar : Verb
Spell : dis-hahr-tn
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈhɑr tn



Definition of disheartened

Origin :
  • 1590s (first recorded in "Henry V"), from dis- "the opposite of" + hearten. Related: Disheartened; disheartening.
  • verb depress, ruin one's hopes
Example sentences :
  • The Hampshire knight was not a man to be disheartened by a reverse.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The loss of their leader so disheartened them that they made a hasty retreat.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • This calamity so disheartened him that he lost all his strength.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
  • She went off slowly as though she had been weary and disheartened like the men she carried.
  • Extract from : « The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" » by Joseph Conrad
  • Colonels, majors, and captains were rallying the disheartened men.
  • Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin
  • Other thousands who were not wounded were leaving the ranks, exhausted and disheartened.
  • Extract from : « Winning His Way » by Charles Carleton Coffin
  • Disheartened and desperate, they returned to the cove in which the yacht lay.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish
  • "I shall not be disheartened by rebuffs; I shall not fail," says Molly, intently.
  • Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
  • But there was work to be had, and we would not let ourselves be disheartened.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • I was not disheartened—so I kept on driving and being thrown out.
  • Extract from : « The Land of the Long Night » by Paul du Chaillu

Synonyms for disheartened

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