dishearten
verb (used with object)
to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
disheartenment
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a word derived from
dishearten.
Example Sentences
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The letter, titled "Authors for Libraries," expresses disheartenment about "the recent attacks against libraries being made in our name by trade associations such as the Association of American Publishers and the Publishers Association."
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2022
"Ain't nothin' pleasant ter think of in er horspital," wailed John, the present disheartenment clouding over all past happiness.
From The Primrose Ring by Ruth Sawyer
What would prevent the beauty from seeing it also and preempting to herself the honors of his disheartenment?
From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Elizabeth Miller
The consequence was the most profound disheartenment, endured in silence, with the exquisite uncomplaining fortitude of a little child.
From The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius by Sarah Grand
It was a disheartenment from which nothing in the future, no hope, no dream, could deliver him.
From The Hidden Places by Bertrand W. Sinclair
