Dishearten Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Dishearten

daunt
Daunt is defined as to intimidate someone.
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dismay
The definition of dismay is to ruin the courage of someone.
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depress
Depress is defined as to press down, make unhappy or less valuable.
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dampen
To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
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get-down
To relax and enjoy oneself completely; be uninhibited in one's enjoyment.
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dispirit
To cause to lose spirit or enthusiasm; dishearten.
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abash
Abash is defined as to cause someone to feel embarrassed or ill at ease.
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deject
To cast down in spirit; dishearten; depress
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demoralize
(Now Rare) To corrupt the morals of; deprave
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deter
To keep or discourage (a person, group, or nation) from doing something by instilling fear, anxiety, doubt, etc.
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humble
To lower in pride; make modest or humble in mind
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sadden
To render heavy or cohesive
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put off
To delay (a task, event, or deadline)
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crush
To oppress harshly
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Antonyms for Dishearten

hearten
To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.
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encourage
To give support to; be favorable to; foster; help
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Words Related to Dishearten

discourage
To persuade somebody not to do something.
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help
(Intransitive) To provide assistance.
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frustrate
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annoyed
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dismayed
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Dishearten Sentence Examples

  • The friendly attitude of France towards Italy during the period immediately subsequent to the occupation of Rome seemed to cow and to dishearten the Vatican.

  • Though this may dishearten the systematist, Scourfield (1900) reminds us that " It was in a water-flea that Metschni koff first saw the leucocytes (or phagocytes) trying to get rid of disease germs by swallowing them, and was so led to his epochmaking discovery of the part played by these minute amoeboid corpuscles in the animal body."

  • Neither the opposition of Lord Palmerston, who considered the projected disturbance as too radical not to endanger the commercial position of Great Britain, nor the opinions entertained, in France as well as in England, that the sea in front of Port Said was full of mud which would obstruct the entrance to the canal, that the sands from the desert would fill the trenches - no adverse argument, in a word, could dishearten Ferdinand de Lesseps.

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