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Disheartened

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adj. Discouraged, despairing.

v. Simple past tense and past participle of dishearten.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. made less hopeful or enthusiastic.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. made less hopeful or enthusiastic

Word Usage

"And I, you know, I was kind of disheartened because I started to really get interested in doing this and I thought there's no way we can afford to do this."

Equivalent

pessimistic

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

demoralized discouraged sad dispirited dejected

Verb Stem

dishearten

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

heartened smartened

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

rough-handed morose-looking quadriplegic sweat-streaked despight