Disheartening
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Disheartening is an adjective meaning Causing a person to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy.
Meaning
Causing a person to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of dishearten
Example Sentences
After this, with the disheartening failures after the Railway Mania, railway projection in east Cornwall went to sleep.
Synonyms for disheartening
Depending on context, synonyms include crushing, demotivating, daunting, demoralizing, disappointing, discouraging.
Antonyms for disheartening
Common opposites include heartening.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dispiriting, demoralizing, demoralising, discouraging, dismal, depressing.
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