Meanings
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 CourageSynonyms: dejected, dispirited, down in the mouth, sad, down in the dumps, downhearted, atrabiliary, atrabilious
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of dishearten
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDiscouraged, despairing.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivemade less hopeful or enthusiastic
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From the verb hearten.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek δύσθυμος
- δύσθυμος (dústhumos)discouraged
Irish scíth
- scíthdiscouraged
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disheartened. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disheartened
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