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DISHEARTEN
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they dishearten ... he / she / it disheartens
Past simple: disheartened
Past participle: disheartened
-ing form: disheartening
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take away the enthusiasm of
Synonyms:
dishearten; put off
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "dishearten" is one way to...):
discourage (deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
The bad news will dishearten him
The performance is likely to dishearten Sue
Antonym:
hearten (give encouragement to)
Derivation:
disheartenment (a communication that leaves you disheartened or daunted)
disheartenment (the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles)
Context examples:
Cowed and disheartened by the loss of their leader, the Normans had given back and were now streaming over the bulwarks on to their own galley, dropping a dozen at a time on to her deck.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
