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▪ I. disˈheartening, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of vb. dishearten; discouragement.
1619W. Sclater Exp. I. Thess. (1630) 309 Hierome thought labour a dis-heartning to the Tempter. 1654Whitlock Zootomia Pref. A vj, Or else he may lye open to such disheartnings, as become not..these undertakings.
▪ II. disˈheartening, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That disheartens; discouraging, dispiriting.
1654Nicholas Papers (Camden) II. 101 As serviceable to the Rebells..and as dishartning to honest men. 1748Anson's Voy. i. x. 107 Under these disheartning circumstances. 1860Froude Hist. Eng. V. 235 Friends brought in disheartening news.
Hence disˈhearteningly adv.
1742Bailey, Dishearteningly, by way of Discouragement. 1882Hall Caine Recoll. D. G. Rossetti 98 Dishearteningly unpropitious weather. |