desperate demoralized people looking for work
felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem
the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
disheartened — dis*heart ened (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt nd), adj. made less hopeful or enthusiastic; as, their lack of interest disheartened the instructor. [Narrower terms: pessimistic (vs. optimistic)] Syn: demoralized, discouraged. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disheartened — index disconsolate, lugubrious, pessimistic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
disheartened — adj. 1) disheartened at 2) disheartened to + inf. (he was disheartened to learn of the bad news) * * * disheartened at disheartened to + inf. (he was disheartened to learn of the bad news) … Combinatory dictionary
Disheartened — Dishearten Dis*heart en (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disheartened} (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Disheartening}.] [Pref. dis + hearten.] To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disheartened — [[t]dɪshɑ͟ː(r)t(ə)nd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, oft ADJ by n If you are disheartened, you feel disappointed about something and have less confidence or less hope about it than you did before. He was disheartened by their hostile reaction.… … English dictionary
disheartened — adjective Discouraged, despairing. He refused to get disheartened, even when all 50 writers polled by Newsweek predicted he would lose. Syn: dejected, dispirited, down in the mouth, sad, down in the dumps … Wiktionary
disheartened — dis|heart|ened [dısˈha:tnd US a:rtnd] adj formal 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 v [T] … Dictionary of contemporary English
disheartened — adjective 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 (T) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
disheartened — Synonyms and related words: bowed down, cast down, dashed, dejected, depressed, despairing, despondent, desponding, discouraged, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, drooping, droopy, feeling low, heartless, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal, in … Moby Thesaurus
disheartened — dis|heart|ened [ dıs hartnd ] adjective no longer confident or enthusiastic about something … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
