| 单词 | disheartened |
| 释义 | disheartened (once / 2585 pages) adj When you're disheartened, you feel discouraged or let down. It's easy to become disheartened if the grades on your report card don't reflect the hard work and dedication you exerted. You might be disheartened to read about the high unemployment rate in the newspaper, or disheartened by the way your carefully constructed rocket ship cake flopped. When you feel your spirits sink or your courage fail, you're disheartened. The first recorded use of the word dishearten showed up in Shakespeare's play Henry V, where he invented it to mean the opposite of hearten, or "encourage." WORD FAMILYdisheartened: disheartenedly+/dishearten: disheartened, disheartening, disheartenment, disheartens/disheartening: dishearteningly/disheartenment: disheartenments/hearten: dishearten, heartened, heartening, heartens/heartening: hearteningly USAGE EXAMPLESShe was grateful for the emotional support, but she, her family and the first responders were disheartened after receiving news from the intensive care unit. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) When you see the state of the country these days, are you disheartened? New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) This time, Ryan rubbed his eyes, disheartened we were revisiting the same conversation. Salon(Dec 04, 2016) adj made less hopeful or enthusiastic the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest Syn demoralised, demoralized, discouraged pessimistic expecting the worst possible outcome |
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