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Definitions for disheartening
dis·heart·en·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiritingadjective
destructive of morale and self-reliance
GCIDE
dishearteningadjective
Causing loss of hope or enthusiasm.
Wiktionary
dishearteningadjective
Causing to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy; scare; discourage.
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disheartening
Disheartening refers to the process or feeling of losing confidence, hope, spirit or courage. It describes the feeling of being demoralized or discouraged, typically as a result of a setback, failure, disappointment or a negative event.
Webster Dictionary
Disheartening
of Dishearten
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of disheartening in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of disheartening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of disheartening in a Sentence
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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake:
It’s extremely frustrating, it is disheartening, but I am still resolved to continue to reduce violent crime in our city.
It’s very disheartening as a community resident and an organizer to see such a disconnect and a lack of commitment to addressing the issue of displacement.
It's disheartening to see the effects of the economic shock in the early parts of the pandemic for indigenous workers.
It’s absolutely disheartening to all these young women.
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