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disheartened

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Discouraged, despairing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dejected, dispirited, down in the mouth, sad, down in the dumps, downhearted, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, chopfallen, crestfallen, cut up, damp, depressed, despondent, disgruntled, disconsolate, disheartened, dismal, doleful, dolesome, down, downcast, downsome, dull, elegiac, elegious, forlorn, gloomy, glum, grief-stricken, grieving, heavy-hearted, heartsore, heartsick, inconsolable, infelicitous, jawfallen, joyless, lachrymose, lamentful, low, low-spirited, lugubrious, lumpish, melancholic, melancholy, miserable, moody, mopey, morose, mournful, passionate, plaintive, Plutonian, Plutonic, querulous, ruthful, saddened, saturnine, shattered, solemn, sombre, sorrowful, sorrow-ridden, sorrowsome, spiritless, sullen, threnetic, threnetical, triste, tristful, uncheerful, uncheery, unconsolable, unhappy, unlively, wistful, woe, woebegone, woeful, wretched

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of dishearten

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

made less hopeful or enthusiastic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • desperate demoralized people looking for work
  • felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem
  • the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: demoralized, demoralised, discouraged

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From the verb hearten.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ancient Greek: δύσθυμος (dústhumos) — discouraged
  • Irish: scíth — discouraged
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