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Disheartenment

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The act of disheartening.

n. The state of being disheartened; dejection.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of disheartening, or the state of being disheartened or discouraged.

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

n. the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

n. a communication that leaves you disheartened or daunted

Word Usage

"Instead, the opposite of disheartenment could be recalling that you know yoga is good for you or the pleasure you get from teaching your child how to live and love, and the natural aspiration that arises from that."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

discouragement

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

discouragement dejection