'Disheartened' definitions:

Definition of 'disheartened'

(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: demoralized, demoralised, discouraged, disheartened]

Definition of 'Disheartened'

From: GCIDE
  • Dishearten \Dis*heart"en\ (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disheartened (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Disheartening.] [Pref. dis- + hearten.] To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject. [1913 Webster]
  • Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened. --Macaulay.
  • Syn: To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter; terrify. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'disheartened'

From: GCIDE
  • disheartened \dis*heart"ened\ (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'nd), adj. made less hopeful or enthusiastic; as, their lack of interest disheartened the instructor. [Narrower terms: pessimistic (vs. optimistic)]
  • Syn: demoralized, discouraged. [WordNet 1.5]

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