DISHEARTENED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disheartened mean? 

• DISHEARTENED (adjective)
  The adjective DISHEARTENED has 1 sense:

1. made less hopeful or enthusiastic

  Familiarity information: DISHEARTENED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISHEARTENED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Made less hopeful or enthusiastic

Synonyms:

demoralised; demoralized; discouraged; disheartened

Context example:

the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest

Similar:

pessimistic (expecting the worst possible outcome)

 Context examples 

The Hampshire knight was not a man to be disheartened by a reverse.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

‘Don’t be disheartened, Mr. Pycroft,’ said my new acquaintance, seeing the length of my face.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I must say, though, when we walked down to the Ghost to inspect more closely the task before us, that the sight of the great masts lying in the water almost disheartened me.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He could hardly ever get out, poor man, to enjoy anything, and that disheartened me from doing several things that Sir Thomas and I used to talk of.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Tom, however, was still not disheartened; and thinking the wolf would not dislike having some chat with him as he was going along, he called out, My good friend, I can show you a famous treat.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Elizabeth saw directly that her father had not the smallest intention of yielding; but his answers were at the same time so vague and equivocal, that her mother, though often disheartened, had never yet despaired of succeeding at last.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Then I begged her pardon and promised I should not be disheartened any more.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

She was disheartened by Lady Bertram's silence, awed by Sir Thomas's grave looks, and quite overcome by Mrs. Norris's admonitions.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

There was little fight left in the peasants, however, still dazed by the explosion, amazed at their own losses and disheartened by the arrival of the disciplined archers.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Cowed and disheartened by the loss of their leader, the Normans had given back and were now streaming over the bulwarks on to their own galley, dropping a dozen at a time on to her deck.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)