disheartened
disheartened adjective: discouraged, despairing. Also the simple past and past participle of dishearten.
Adjective
disheartened (comparative more disheartened, superlative most disheartened)
- Discouraged, despairing.
- He refused to get disheartened, even when all 50 writers polled by Newsweek predicted he would lose.2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
- Synonyms:
- dejected, dispirited, down in the mouth, sad, down in the dumps, downhearted, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, blue
Also used as
disheartened is also the simple past and past participle of dishearten.
Synonyms of disheartened
- dejected
- dispirited
- down in the mouth
- sad
- down in the dumps
- downhearted
- atrabiliary
- atrabilious
- blitheless
- blue
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Forms of disheartened
| comparative | more disheartened |
|---|---|
| superlative | most disheartened |
Origin of disheartened
From the verb hearten.
Words formed from disheartened
Questions about disheartened
- What does disheartened mean?
- Disheartened means discouraged, despairing.
- What part of speech is disheartened?
- Disheartened is an adjective.
Words near disheartened in the dictionary
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