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disheartening

verb , present participle of dishearten

Synonyms and Antonyms of disheartening

to lessen the courage or confidence of

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

Synonyms of disheartening

chilling, daunting, demoralizing, discouraging, dismaying, dispiriting, frustrating, unmanning, unnerving

Words Related to disheartening

browbeating, bullying, cowing, intimidating

depressing, saddening, weighing

afflicting, trying

dampening, damping, deadening

distressing, troubling

bothering, irking, vexing, worrying

debilitating, enfeebling, undermining, weakening

frightening, horrifying, scaring

Phrases Synonymous with disheartening

throwing cold water on

Near Antonyms of disheartening

buoying (up), cheering, gladdening

animating, enlivening, invigorating

enforcing, fortifying, reinforcing (also reenforcing), strengthening

assuring, reassuring

boosting, energizing, exciting, galvanizing, inspiring, lifting, provoking, quickening, rallying, stimulating, stirring

Antonyms of disheartening

emboldening, encouraging, heartening, nerving, steeling

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