Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To cause to lose hope or enthusiasm; dispirit. synonym: discourage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To discourage; depress the spirits of; deject; impress with fear.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
discourage someone byremoving theirenthusiasm orcourage .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb take away the enthusiasm of
Etymologies
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Examples
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The dilapidated gate could not deter her, the creaking shutters could not dishearten her, the spider web-laced windows could not dissuade her.
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At the very least, however, it would dishearten Gadhafi's supporters and buy time for the rebels.
It's Not Too Late to Save Libya Max Boot 2011
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This is to dishearten the Kristianos outside, break their spirit.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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But idiots like Bolton and Palin and the neocons want to bomb the country which would only galvinize “Supreme Leader” and dishearten those trying to make changes.
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Occasionally the words dishearten, but 99 percent of the time they uplift.
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This is to dishearten the Kristianos outside, break their spirit.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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The dilapidated gate could not deter her, the creaking shutters could not dishearten her, the spider web-laced windows could not dissuade her.
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But idiots like Bolton and Palin and the neocons want to bomb the country which would only galvinize “Supreme Leader” and dishearten those trying to make changes.
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Even though I live here and I witness daily examples of the hardships people face just trying to survive, the statistics never fail to dishearten me.
Peace Prospects Brighten Children's Dreams in South Sudan Nina Gehm 2010
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Although the message of prudence, at a time when CIC's dumping of £351. 4m of Morgan Stanley shares has conspicuously not generated any money for transfer activity, might dishearten fans, it should not be interpreted as a lack of team investment.
China fund raises finance to match Liverpool asking price 2010
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