Meaning

1 senses

  1. To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.

    The repeated failures began to dishearten the team.

    Do not let criticism dishearten you.

    entmutigen

    приводи́ть в уны́ниеprivodítʹ v unýnije, привести́ в уны́ниеprivestí v unýnije, расхола́живатьrasxoláživatʹ

    take away the enthusiasm of

Examples

19 sentences

  1. It was disheartening.

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  2. Are you disheartened?

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  3. Tom was a little disheartened.

    deTom war ein wenig entmutigt.

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  4. The recrudescence of his old complaint was disheartening.

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  5. It breaks my heart to see you disheartened.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage:

Forms

disheartens, disheartening, disheartened, disheartened
Base formdishearten · to dishearten
3rd person singulardisheartens
Present participledisheartening
Past simpledisheartened
Past participledisheartened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydishearten
he, she, itdisheartens

Past simpleLesson

all personsdisheartened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave disheartened
he, she, ithas disheartened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill dishearten

Synonyms

2 synonyms
discourageB1
Close in meaning
  • take away the enthusiasm of:put off

Antonyms

2 antonyms
heartenencourageA2

Word family

2 related words
Relateddisheartenment
Deriveddisheartener

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
disgustdishA1disheveldishonestA2dishonestyB2dishonor
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