'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]
Synonyms of 'disheartened'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bowed-down,
- cast down,
- dashed,
- dejected,
- depressed,
- despairing,
- despondent,
- desponding,
- discouraged,
- dispirited,
- down,
- downcast,
- downhearted,
- drooping,
- droopy,
- feeling low,
- heartless,
- hypochondriac,
- hypochondriacal,
- in low spirits,
- in the depths,
- in the doldrums,
- in the dumps,
- languishing,
- low,
- low-spirited,
- pessimistic,
- pining,
- spiritless,
- subdued,
- suicidal,
- weary of life,
- woebegone,
- world-weary