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    disheartenment
    [disˈhärtnmənt]
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    1. noun form of dishearten
    dis·heart·en
    [disˈhärtən]
    verb
    dishearten (verb) · disheartens (third person present) · disheartened (past tense) · disheartened (past participle) · disheartening (present participle)
    1. cause (someone) to lose determination or confidence:
      "the farmer was disheartened by the damage to his crops"
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    1. cause (someone) to lose determination or confidence:
      discourage
      dispirit
      demoralize
      depress
      dismay
      daunt
      deter
      unman
      unnerve
      sap
      shake
      throw
      crush
      cast down
      desolate
      disappoint
      sadden
      weigh down
      put a damper on
      cow
      subdue
      undermine
      enervate
      weaken
      knock the stuffing out of
      deject
      make dispirited
      make dejected
      make crestfallen
      make downhearted
      weigh heavily on
      give someone the blues
      make someone fed up
      knock for six
      knock sideways
      Opposite:
      hearten
      encourage
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  1. Disheartenment refers to the act of causing someone to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage12.
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    : to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale

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    dis•heart•en /dɪsˈhɑrtən/ v. [ ~ + object] to lower or depress the hope, courage, or spirits of;

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    What does disheartenment mean?
    Define disheartenment. disheartenment synonyms, disheartenment pronunciation, disheartenment translation, English dictionary definition of disheartenment. tr.v. dis·heart·ened , dis·heart·en·ing , dis·heart·ens To cause to lose hope or enthusiasm; dispirit. See Synonyms at discourage. dis·heart′en·ing·ly adv....

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    When was the term 'disheartenment' first used?
    The term 'disheartenment' was first used in the 1830s. The Oxford English Dictionary's earliest evidence for disheartenment is from 1830, in the writing of Thomas Carlyle. Disheartenment is formed within English by derivation.

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    What is disheartening a seaman?
    It is an immense problem, often enough to dishearten good men and women. No, no, there is nothing encouraging about it; and as for disheartening, nothing ought to dishearten a seaman. Dishearten definition: to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage. . See examples of DISHEARTEN used in a sentence.

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    Should we be disheartened if we don't get what we want?
    We must not be disheartened or yield to despair if we do not get what we want this year. I was somewhat disheartened by some of the earlier speeches. That is disheartening for the man who has skill or energy above the average. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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    Do you grow disheartened when things go wrong?
    The trick is not to grow disheartened when things go wrong. Few things are more disheartening than watching arrangements you've carefully nurtured come apart. I came away really disheartened and gave up on the idea of slimming. I find it very disheartening. It was a hot day and, once they scored, we seemed to lose it and got a bit disheartened.

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    Are lifestyle changes disheartening?
    The results were encouraging and disheartening at the time, however, since lifestyle changes are notoriously the most difficult to implement. And though this news doesn't come as a surprise, it is a bit disheartening. That's not a great feeling and produces a kind of sourness that was disheartening.

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