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- adjective made less hopeful or enthusiastic.
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- adjective
Discouraged ,despairing . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dishearten .
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- adjective made less hopeful or enthusiastic
Etymologies
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Examples
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In closing, I would just say that I remain disheartened when you say (comment 114) that:
Matthew Yglesias » How the White House Health Plan Compares 2010
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And I, you know, I was kind of disheartened because I started to really get interested in doing this and I thought there's no way we can afford to do this.
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And I, you know, I was kind of disheartened because I started to really get interested in doing this and I thought there's no way we can afford to do this.
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And I, you know, I was kind of disheartened because I started to really get interested in doing this and I thought there's no way we can afford to do this.
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And I, you know, I was kind of disheartened because I started to really get interested in doing this and I thought there's no way we can afford to do this.
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I wasn't actually as surprised or "disheartened" by this as the post would indicate.
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Honda, a Japanese-American who spent 14 months as a child in a World War II internment camp, issued a statement Tuesday, saying he was "disheartened" at Graham's language.
There's No 'I' in 'Deem' James Taranto 2010
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Honda, a Japanese-American who spent 14 months as a child in a World War II internment camp, issued a statement Tuesday, saying he was "disheartened" at Graham's language.
There's No 'I' in 'Deem' James Taranto 2010
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Hut Landon, executive director of the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association, said he was "disheartened" with Chelsea Green's "decision to exclude independent booksellers."
Jennifer Nix: A Tale of Two Obama Books: Why Do Progressives Still Not Get It? 2008
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I was even kind of disheartened when I read recently about the 90 year old Ohio woman who tried to kill herself when they attempted to foreclose on her home.
Tent Cities Are Good 2008
myth commented on the word disheartened
Kanye, despite being disheartened, is still having a good morning
April 18, 2009