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loses heart

loses heart is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lose heart.

Meaning of lose heart

Verb

lose heart (third-person singular simple present loses heart, present participle losing heart, simple past and past participle lost heart)

  1. (idiomatic) To despair; to experience reduced morale; to become disheartened.
    • There's nothing so humbling as being a dunce in a foreign tongue, and if it weren't for her compassion, we'd have lost heart after two weeks.2008, Sue Grafton, J is for Judgment, page 159
    Antonyms:
    take heart

Questions about loses heart

What is loses heart the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Loses heart is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lose heart.

Words near loses heart in the dictionary

  1. loses caste
  2. loses control
  3. loses count
  4. loses face
  5. loses ground
  6. loses heart
  7. loses it
  8. loses no time
  9. loses one's balance
  10. loses one's battle
  11. loses one's bearings

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