disheartened

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Simple past tense and past participle of dishearten
Discouraged, despairing

He refused to get disheartened, even when all 50 writers polled by Newsweek predicted he would lose.

discouraged, depressed, dispirited
Deprived of hope, despairing
If you are disheartened, you feel disappointed about something and have less confidence or less hope about it than you did before. He was disheartened by their hostile reaction. = discouraged. disappointed, so that you lose hope and the determination to continue doing something
past tense of dishearten
made less hopeful or enthusiastic; "desperate demoralized people looking for work"; "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem"; "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest"
despondent
dishearten
{v} to discourage, cast down, terrify
dishearten
To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject
dishearten
take away the enthusiasm of
dishearten
To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
dishearten
{f} discourage, depress, dispirit
was disheartened
gave up, conceded
disheartened
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