dishearten

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪsˈhɑː.tən/
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• General-American: /dɪsˈhɑɹ.tən/
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)tən
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd Proto-Germanic *hertô Proto-West Germanic *hertā Old English heorte Middle English herte English heart English -en English hearten English dishearten From dis- + hearten.

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: абезнадзе́іць (abjeznadzjéicʹ) — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Bulgarian: обезсърчавам (obezsǎrčavam) — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Chinese Mandarin: 令人愁悶 /令人愁闷 (lìng rén chóumèn) — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Chinese Mandarin: 使沮喪 /使沮丧 (shǐ jǔsàng) — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Dutch: ontmoedigen — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Finnish: lannistaa — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• French: décourager — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Galician: desalentar — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Galician: desanimar — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• German: entmutigen — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Greek: αποκαρδιώνω (apokardióno) — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Greek: αποθαρρύνω (apotharrýno) — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Italian: scoraggiare — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Italian: avvilire — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Italian: sconfortare — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Japanese: 落胆させる (rakutan saseru) — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Japanese: がっかりさせる (gakkari saseru) — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Macedonian: обеску́ражи (obeskúraži) — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Macedonian: обе́схрабри (obéshrabri) — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Māori: whakatūoi — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Māori: whakapāhunu — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Māori: whakangākaukore — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Māori: whakakiwakiwa — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Māori: nonope — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Old English: mistyhtan — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Portuguese: desanimar — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Portuguese: desalentar — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Portuguese: descoroçoar — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Portuguese: abater — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Romanian: descuraja — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Romanian: demoraliza — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Russian: приводи́ть в уны́ние (privodítʹ v unýnije) — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Russian: привести́ в уны́ние (privestí v unýnije) — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Russian: расхола́живать (rasxoláživatʹ) — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Russian: расхолоди́ть (rasxolodítʹ) — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Russian: обескура́живать (obeskuráživatʹ) — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Russian: обескура́жить (obeskurážitʹ) — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Spanish: desalentar — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Spanish: descorazonar — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Spanish: desanimar — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Thai: บั่นทอนจิตใจ — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
• Welsh: digalonni — discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage