dishearten

Verb

Meaning

To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

discourage deter depress deject harrow cow deflate daunt drag upset depressed distress discouraged crush shake
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Antonyms

hearten kindle voodoo billboard rouse wow
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Hypernyms

discourage

Phrases with the word

to dishearten

Derivatives

disheartened disheartening

Anagrams

Eisenhardt

Examples

No one has a prosperity so high and firm that two or three words can't dishearten it. Ralph Waldo Emerson

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Close letter words and terms

dishdasha dishdashi disheart disheartened disheartened bill disheartenedly