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- Dictionarydisheartening/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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adjective. us / dɪsˈhɑr·t ə n·ɪŋ / Add to word list. causing a person to lose confidence, hope, and energy; discouraging: The new injury, after he had come back from the last, was disheartening. (Definition of disheartening from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of disheartening?
The meaning of DISHEARTEN is to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale. How to use dishearten in a sentence.
to make a person lose confidence, hope, and energy. Synonym. discourage (MAKE LESS CONFIDENT) Opposites. cheer. hearten. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Disappointing yourself and others. abjectly. anticlimactic. anticlimax. be cracked up to be something idiom. be one in the eye for someone idiom. blow. break. bubble. disappointingly.
Disheartening definition: depressing a person’s hope, courage, or spirits; discouraging. See examples of DISHEARTENING used in a sentence.
Synonyms for DISHEARTENING: discouraging, disconcerting, dismaying, demoralizing, dispiriting, daunting, troubling, troublesome; Antonyms of DISHEARTENING: reassuring, settling, soothing, calming, comforting, narcotic, relaxing, dreamy.
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."
Definition of disheartening adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
