disheartening
26
5.2
- adjective
- /dɪsˈhɑːrtənɪŋ/
:
desalentador
- It's rather disheartening, isn't it?
- the most disheartening
- disheartening to see
I mean, it's it's disheartening to me to see that.
- I mean, it's it's disheartening to me to see that.
- And it's really disheartening for me to realize that it's so easy to save seeds.
- And the fact that they really couldn't endear true Tolkien fans in what they were attempting to achieve is is really disheartening.
- But what is so hilarious and is also so disheartening and so proof that there is no truth anymore is that everybody saw with their own eyes.
- I think it's really sad, disheartening, disrespectful.
- So pick up to me seemed like a unfalsifiably disheartening approach to dating.
- And it's, it's very disheartening, to say the least.
- And that's, you know, that's really disheartening.
Examples
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And it's, it's very disheartening, to say the least.
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My encounters with Congress were frequently disheartening and sometimes painful.
Academic text (1995) -
I mean, it's it's disheartening to me to see that.
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So yeah, it's quite disheartening, truth be told.
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It's very disheartening when your hair does not look, feel, or act like you want it to.
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The lack of closet space is really disheartening.
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The drop in the level of demeanor I had been seeing was disheartening, to say the least.
Blog text (9) -
It was at this point that I made a rather disheartening discovery.
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And the breathtaking grandeur of the country cannot distract one from its disheartening poverty.
Academic text (1998) -
The team's continuous losses this season have been disheartening for their loyal fans.
Synonyms
219
2.2
Making you feel very sad and that things will not get better
190
1.4
Not as good as you expected or hoped
62
4.5
Making you feel sad and hopeless
15
3.9
Causing someone to feel less confident or hopeful about trying something
8
4.4
Feeling sad and not very hopeful
5
6.3
To make someone lose hope or confidence
3
6.7
To make someone lose confidence or hope
3
5.5
Making people feel very worried and disappointed
Something that makes people feel less hopeful or confident
Antonyms
How Discouraging
Surface Forms
Morphology
disheartening = dishearten (semi-transparent) = dis + heart + en + ing
The adjective is a regular participial formation from the verb 'dishearten', meaning 'causing someone to be disheartened'.
Etymology
Disheartening comes from the parts dis- meaning 'not' and heart, where 'heart' means 'courage' or 'hope', as in the phrase 'take heart'. So something disheartening is like taking someone's heart away; it makes them lose confidence, hope, or enthusiasm.