vverb.emotiontake away the enthusiasm ofSynset:dishearten put off
Antonyms:hearten
Derivationally Related Form:disheartenment
Hypernyms:discourage
Inherited Hypernyms:disheartendiscourage
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: dishearten, put off) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: dishearten)
adj satadj.allmade less hopeful or enthusiasticSynset:demoralised demoralized discouraged
Examples:- desperate demoralized people looking for work
- felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem
- the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest
Antonyms:optimistic
Inherited Hypernyms:demoralized
Similar to:pessimistic