dishearten
verb (used with object)
to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
have been disheartening
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present perfect progressiveof dishearten.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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It would have been disheartening, but not at all surprising, had she found the village and my home intolerable, but she did not—she appeared content, sustained we will say, by her sense of duty.
From A Daughter of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland
Otherwise the effect of their poor shooting would have been disheartening to them and encouraging to the enemy.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford
While recognizing the great need of extending proper military protection to the mail route, it must have been disheartening to Sumner and the loyalists to see this force ordered into service outside the state.
From The Story of the Pony Express by Glenn D. (Glenn Danford) Bradley
In this there was nothing new; but, for all that, the monotony of the situation must have been disheartening.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane
It must have been disheartening work, picking away at the flinty ledges.
From The Boys' Life of Mark Twain by Albert Bigelow Paine
