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US
/dɪsˈhɑɹtənd/
]
[ UK /dɪshˈɑːtənd/ ]
[ UK /dɪshˈɑːtənd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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made less hopeful or enthusiastic
the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest
felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem
desperate demoralized people looking for work
How To Use disheartened In A Sentence
- We had attended Morning Chant and were now seated for breakfast, disheartened but not surprised that the early Greys had already taken the bacon, and it remained only in exquisite odor. Excerpt: Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
- No matter what time, no matter what may happen, I will never allow yourself a little get disheartened.
- Disheartened, Santa Anna separated from his large escort and planned to slip through the mountainous country with three attendants.
- In a complex of lonely and socially clumsy bachelors, disheartened by too many rejections, she was news.
- Returning to Montreal in '93, his pro hockey days behind him, a disheartened Jere worked in the exciting and fulfilling world of home renovations, but nevertheless felt empty and purposeless.
- I feel so disheartened that I often don't bother applying any more. Times, Sunday Times
- Bruce threw his infantry reserve into the battle, the arrows of the English archers wounded the men-at-arms of their own side, and the remnants of the leading line were tired and disheartened when the final impetus to their rout was given by the historic charge of the "gillies," some thousands of Scottish camp-followers who suddenly emerged from the woods, blowing horns, waving such weapons as they possessed, and holding aloft [v. 03 p. 0355] improvised banners. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"
- If that sounds just a little bitter, she maintains that she wasn't disheartened.
- No matter what time, no matter what may happen, I will never allow yourself a little get disheartened.
- But, yet again, I failed miserably and came away feeling dejected, disheartened, deflated and demoralised.