Synonyms of disheartened

disheartened 1 of 2

adjective

as in discouraged

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discouraged
• disappointed
• dispirited
• dejected
• saddened
• crestfallen
• depressed
• unhappy
• sad
• heartbroken
• downcast
• heartsick
• disconsolate
• abject
• inconsolable
• downhearted
• sorrowful
• glum
• gloomy
• woebegone
• brokenhearted
• sorry
• joyless
• miserable
• desperate
• despondent
• mournful
• doleful
• melancholy
• woeful
• hopeless
• despairing
• blue
• low-spirited
• hangdog
• heartsore
• grieving
• weeping
• wailing
• down
• wretched
• forlorn
• depressing
• pessimistic
• cynical
• dismal
• cheerless
• bleak
• dreary
• desolate
• low
• funereal
• comfortless
• dark
• drear
• resigned
• accepting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• optimistic
• hopeful
• ecstatic
• exultant
• exuberant
• euphoric
• enraptured
• elated
• merry
• gay
• jovial
• jolly
• exhilarated
• encouraged
• blithe
• mirthful
• entranced
• glad
• happy
• lively
• delighted
• heartened
• jubilant
• animated
• cheerful
• vivacious
• joyful
• perky
• joyous
• jaunty
• sprightly
• buoyant
• blithesome
• upbeat
• cheery
• gleeful
• jocund
• lightsome
• blissful
• sunny
• chipper
• gladdened
• sprightful
• gladsome

disheartened

2 of 2

verb

past tense of dishearten

as in frustrated

to lessen the courage or confidence of

we were disheartened by the news that our grandmother was seriously ill

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discouraged
• frustrated
• dismayed
• daunted
• dispirited
• frightened
• intimidated
• unnerved
• demoralized
• scared
• horrified
• worried
• saddened
• bothered
• troubled
• afflicted
• threw cold water on
• chilled
• cowed
• distressed
• bullied
• depressed
• tried
• weighed
• unmanned
• irked
• weakened
• browbeat
• undermined
• vexed
• debilitated
• enfeebled
• deadened
• dampened
• damped
• vext

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• encouraged
• cheered
• heartened
• emboldened
• animated
• reinforced
• assured
• enforced
• nerved
• strengthened
• excited
• steeled
• reassured
• gladdened
• inspired
• stimulated
• fortified
• invigorated
• lifted
• buoyed (up)
• provoked
• enlivened
• stirred
• energized
• rallied
• galvanized
• quickened
• reenforced
• boosted