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    disheartening
    /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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  2. 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?

  3. Disheartening means discouraging or frustrating, and can be used as an adjective or a verb. Find 114 synonyms and antonyms of disheartening, as well as related words and examples, on Merriam-Webster Thesaurus.

  4. Sep 5, 2012 · Dishearten means to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage. See the word history, synonyms, and example sentences of dishearten from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

  5. Dishearten means to make a person lose confidence, hope, and energy. See how to use this verb in sentences and find synonyms, antonyms, and related words.

  6. Disheartening means depressing a person’s hope, courage, or spirits; discouraging. See how to use this adjective in sentences from The Daily Beast and Project Gutenberg.

  7. 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."

  8. Disheartening means making you lose hope or confidence. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences with synonyms and pronunciation tips from Oxford University Press.