disheartened
dis‧heart‧ened /dɪsˈhɑːtnd $ -ɑːrtnd/ BrE AmE adjective formal [Word Family: adjective: heartened ≠ ↑disheartened, ↑heartening ≠ ↑disheartening, ↑heartless, ↑hearty; noun: ↑heart, ↑heartlessness, ↑heartiness; adverb: ↑heartily, ↑heartlessly, ↑hearteningly ≠ ↑dishearteningly; verb: ↑hearten ≠ ↑dishearten] disappointed, so that you lose hope and the determination to continue doing something: If young children don’t see quick results they grow disheartened. —dishearten verb [transitive]
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