Disheartening

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  disheartening \disheartening\ adj.
     Causing loss of hope or enthusiasm.
  
     Syn: demoralizing, demoralising, dispiriting.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dishearten \Dis*heart"en\ (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'n), v. t. [imp. & p.
     p. {Disheartened} (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Disheartening}.] [Pref. dis- + hearten.]
     To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the
     spirits of; to deject.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
     Syn: To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter;
          terrify.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disheartening
       adj : destructive of morale and self-reliance [syn: {demoralizing},
              {demoralising}, {dispiriting}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "disheartening":
     alarming, awing, black, bleak, chilling, daunting, depressant,
     depressing, depressive, despondent, deterrent, deterring,
     disappointing, disconcerting, discouraging, dismal, dismaying,
     dispiriting, displeasing, disquieting, dissatisfactory, down,
     dreary, fear-inspiring, fearful, fearsome, frightening, frightful,
     funereal, inadequate, incommensurate, insufficient,
     not good enough, oppressive, overawing, pessimistic, scaring,
     scary, somber, startling, unfulfilling, ungratifying,
     unsatisfactory, unsatisfying