What does disheartened mean?

disheartened means "made less hopeful or enthusiastic".

How many syllables are in disheartened?

disheartened has 3 syllables: di-shear-tened. The stress falls on "shear". In IPA it is /dɪsˈhɑɹtənd/.

What is another word for disheartened?

Close synonyms include demoralized, demoralised, discouraged. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is disheartened a common word?

disheartened is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

disheartened — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
made less hopeful or enthusiastic
“desperate demoralized people looking for work”
“felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem”
“the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest”
Synonymsdemoralized demoralised discouraged
Similarpessimistic

Questions about disheartened

What does disheartened mean?: disheartened means "made less hopeful or enthusiastic".
How many syllables are in disheartened?: disheartened has 3 syllables: di-shear-tened. The stress falls on "shear". In IPA it is /dɪsˈhɑɹtənd/.
What is another word for disheartened?: Close synonyms include demoralized, demoralised, discouraged. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is disheartened a common word?: disheartened is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for disheartened come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
made less hopeful or enthusiastic
“desperate demoralized people looking for work”
“felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem”
“the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest”
Synonymsdemoralized demoralised discouraged
Similarpessimistic

Questions about disheartened

What does disheartened mean?: disheartened means "made less hopeful or enthusiastic".
How many syllables are in disheartened?: disheartened has 3 syllables: di-shear-tened. The stress falls on "shear". In IPA it is /dɪsˈhɑɹtənd/.
What is another word for disheartened?: Close synonyms include demoralized, demoralised, discouraged. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is disheartened a common word?: disheartened is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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