as in to discourage
to lessen the courage or confidence of
we were disheartened by the news that our grandmother was seriously ill
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Recent Examples of dishearten
And Saturday’s walkoff loss to the Rangers was especially disheartening.
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Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
31 May 2026
Were the older folks of your time disheartened by your generation’s lack of interest with their movies?
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Raj Tawney,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
Kantor said the data is disheartening.
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Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
While the unknown status is disheartening, Nepola recalls how the series, first brought to the air in 2011, was once thought to be gone for good only to be resurrected by Peacock in 2021.
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Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for dishearten
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
31 May 2026
Were the older folks of your time disheartened by your generation’s lack of interest with their movies?
—
Raj Tawney,
IndieWire,
12 May 2026
Kantor said the data is disheartening.
—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
While the unknown status is disheartening, Nepola recalls how the series, first brought to the air in 2011, was once thought to be gone for good only to be resurrected by Peacock in 2021.
—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dishearten
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In 2011, the bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission determined that the crisis was triggered in part by Greenspan’s failure to discourage trade in securities backed by subprime mortgage loans amid an unsustainable housing boom and his promotion of financial industry deregulation.
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The color yellow attracts yellow jackets and other pollinating insects, so the all-red design increases your chances of attracting hummingbirds and discourages bees and wasps from staking claim over the sweet nectar.
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Trump’s rogue moves have frustrated Thune’s party regularly over the past two months.
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David Rubenstein, the son of a Baltimore postal worker, was frustrated in a Washington law firm when he was both inspired by a wildly successful leveraged buyout and unnerved by a book that claimed the odds of successfully starting a company plummets after 37.
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“Dishearten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dishearten. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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