lose heart

Verb

Meaning

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

To despair; to experience reduced morale.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

quail despair languish give up despond pine away

Antonyms

finalize take heart look for keep going pull out all the stops

Related terms

heartless unhearty lose one's way

Examples

When you are attacked by people's envy or betrayal from a friend, do not lose heart and do not harbor evil in your heart, but say: 'I entrust all this to Your righteous judgment, Lord!' Nikolaj Velimirovic

Never lose heart while pursuing the path of trust. Live a principled life. Basava

From one moment to another one can lose heart. Patrick Modiano

I began to lose heart. The appalling desert of darkness and barren fire, the huge emptiness so sparsely pricked with scintillations, the colossal futility of the whole universe, hideously oppressed me. Olaf Stapledon

Toil on, son, and do not lose heart or hope. Let nothing you dismay. You are not utterly forsaken. I, too, am here--here in the darkness waiting, here attentive, here approving of your labor and your dream. Thomas Wolfe

Never lose heart because whatever is hot must in the end turn cold. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

lose ground lose ground to lose head lose her head lose his head lose hope