Synonyms for Dis heartening:

• adj.

  •appalling (adjective)
  • ghastly,
  • formidable,
  • hideous,
  • frightful,
  • gross,
  • terrifying,
  • alarming,
  • the end,
  • dire,
  • horrible,
  • horrid,
  • astounding,
  • terrible,
  • disheartening,
  • daunting,
  • shocking,
  • Scaring,
  • grody,
  • unnerving,
  • frightening,
  • heavy,
  • grim,
  • intimidating,
  • bad,
  • petrifying,
  • awful,
  • dreadful,
  • fearful,
  • dismaying,
  • harrowing,
  • mean,
  • horrific.
  •bleak (adjective)
  • drear,
  • black,
  • melancholy,
  • lonely,
  • discouraging,
  • hard,
  • cheerless,
  • unpromising,
  • hopeless,
  • dismal,
  • dreary,
  • dark,
  • funereal,
  • somber,
  • harsh,
  • joyless,
  • comfortless,
  • mournful,
  • sad,
  • oppressive,
  • gloomy.
  •depressing (adjective)
  • Dejecting,
  • melancholic,
  • bleak,
  • heartbreaking,
  • distressing,
  • saddening,
  • dispiriting.
  •disappointing (adjective)
  • ineffective,
  • unpleasant,
  • inferior,
  • bitter,
  • uninteresting,
  • falling short,
  • frustrating,
  • lame,
  • inadequate,
  • disconcerting,
  • failing,
  • unfulfilling,
  • insufficient,
  • distasteful,
  • unsatisfying,
  • mediocre.
  •discouraging (adjective)
  • hindering,
  • disappointing,
  • repressing,
  • Deterring,
  • depressing,
  • depressive,
  • unfavorable,
  • Dissuading,
  • disadvantageous,
  • inopportune,
  • off-putting,
  • unpropitious,
  • dampening.
  •dismal (adjective)
  • frowning,
  • dolorous,
  • lugubrious,
  • forlorn,
  • inauspicious,
  • tenebrous,
  • afflictive,
  • in the pits,
  • despondent,
  • miserable,
  • monotonous,
  • boring,
  • tedious,
  • dim,
  • desolate,
  • sorrowful,
  • unfortunate,
  • unhappy,
  • troublesome,
  • dull,
  • lowering,
  • gruesome,
  • murky,
  • depressed,
  • shadowy,
  • cloudy,
  • disagreeable,
  • doleful,
  • dingy,
  • lonesome,
  • overcast,
  • morbid.
  •dispiriting (adjective)
  • demoralizing,
  • crushing.
  •frightening (adjective)
  • redoubtable,
  • rebarbative.
  •funereal (adjective)
  • lamenting,
  • grave,
  • dirgelike,
  • sepulchral,
  • solemn,
  • woeful,
  • serious,
  • elegiac,
  • deathlike.
  •gloomy (adjective)
  • acheronian,
  • drab,
  • tenebrific,
  • acherontic,
  • cold,
  • dusky,
  • disconsolate,
  • morose.
  •off (adjective)
  • rotten,
  • not up to par,
  • substandard,
  • rancid,
  • displeasing,
  • sour,
  • low-quality,
  • turned,
  • unrewarding,
  • unsatisfactory,
  • putrid,
  • decomposed,
  • slack,
  • mortifying,
  • quiet,
  • poor,
  • not up to snuff.
  •oppressive (adjective)
  • despotic,
  • cruel,
  • backbreaking,
  • unjust,
  • rough going,
  • severe,
  • brutal,
  • demanding,
  • ironhanded,
  • tough,
  • heavy-handed,
  • headache,
  • confining,
  • exacting,
  • onerous,
  • grievous,
  • tyrannical,
  • hefty,
  • weighty,
  • exigent,
  • superincumbent,
  • dictatorial,
  • overbearing,
  • taxing,
  • burdensome,
  • inhuman,
  • grinding.
  •sad (adjective)
  • moving,
  • calamitous,
  • tragic,
  • tearful,
  • lachrymose,
  • poignant,
  • deplorable,
  • tear-jerking,
  • shabby,
  • lamentable,
  • pathetic,
  • hapless,
  • pitiable,
  • heart-rending,
  • regrettable,
  • sorry,
  • disastrous,
  • upsetting,
  • Discomposing,
  • wretched,
  • pitiful.

• v.

  •appall (verb)
  • appal.
  •appall/appal (verb)
  • amaze,
  • dishearten,
  • alarm,
  • scare,
  • disconcert,
  • astound,
  • awe,
  • unnerve,
  • outrage,
  • gross out,
  • intimidate,
  • shock,
  • insult,
  • throw,
  • faze,
  • consternate,
  • frighten,
  • terrify,
  • petrify,
  • get to.
  •chill (verb)
  • depress,
  • cloud.
  •cow (verb)
  • discomfit,
  • bluster,
  • rattle,
  • hector,
  • walk heavy,
  • lean on,
  • dragoon,
  • embarrass,
  • push around,
  • bully,
  • strong-arm,
  • abash,
  • showboat,
  • appall,
  • turn on the heat,
  • terrorize,
  • enforce,
  • overawe,
  • subdue,
  • bludgeon,
  • buffalo,
  • bulldoze.
  •daunt (verb)
  • put off,
  • horrify,
  • baffle,
  • foil,
  • cow,
  • thwart,
  • browbeat.
  •demoralize (verb)
  • muddle,
  • disorder,
  • snarl,
  • debilitate,
  • disturb,
  • jumble,
  • blow up,
  • upset,
  • unzip,
  • enfeeble,
  • nonplus,
  • unman,
  • sap,
  • take apart,
  • weaken,
  • psych out,
  • send up,
  • blow out,
  • disarrange,
  • Unglue,
  • disorganize,
  • unsettle,
  • cripple,
  • undermine,
  • take steam out,
  • discountenance.
  •depress (verb)
  • enervate,
  • throw cold water on,
  • abase,
  • debase,
  • bother,
  • bug,
  • distress,
  • weary,
  • run down,
  • mock,
  • keep under,
  • mortify,
  • lower,
  • reduce to tears,
  • afflict,
  • trouble,
  • degrade,
  • drain,
  • beat down,
  • press,
  • reduce,
  • bum out,
  • turn one off,
  • ail,
  • beat,
  • torment,
  • sadden,
  • weigh down,
  • oppress,
  • bear down,
  • perturb,
  • devitalize,
  • drag,
  • scorn,
  • darken,
  • slow,
  • try.
  •despond (verb)
  • give up,
  • lose heart,
  • surrender.
  •disappoint (verb)
  • embitter,
  • delude,
  • hamper,
  • miscarry,
  • bring to naught,
  • leave in the lurch,
  • fall down on,
  • let down,
  • fall short of,
  • abort,
  • fail,
  • dumbfound,
  • dissatisfy,
  • dash hopes,
  • put out,
  • fall flat,
  • hinder,
  • founder,
  • mislead,
  • circumvent,
  • disenchant,
  • bungle,
  • ruin prospects,
  • stand up,
  • tease,
  • balk,
  • come to nothing,
  • deceive,
  • not show,
  • disillusion,
  • disgruntle,
  • vex,
  • chagrin.
  •dishearten (verb)
  • deter,
  • get down,
  • demoralize,
  • damp,
  • daunt,
  • put a damper on,
  • discourage,
  • chill,
  • deject,
  • dash,
  • put down,
  • dispirit,
  • disincline,
  • dismay,
  • throw a pall over,
  • humiliate,
  • dampen,
  • humble,
  • disparage,
  • indispose,
  • cast down,
  • shake,
  • crush.
  •dismay (verb)
  • flummox,
  • affright,
  • snafu,
  • screw up,
  • discompose,
  • mystify,
  • agitate,
  • throw into a tizzy,
  • perplex,
  • disquiet,
  • fluster,
  • confound,
  • louse up,
  • foul up,
  • paralyze,
  • puzzle,
  • bewilder,
  • take aback,
  • mess up,
  • unhinge,
  • muck up.
  •disparage (verb)
  • malign,
  • decry,
  • slander,
  • deprecate,
  • cry down,
  • traduce,
  • undervalue,
  • slam,
  • scorch,
  • ridicule,
  • denigrate,
  • rap,
  • write off,
  • downcry,
  • minimize,
  • dismiss,
  • smear,
  • depreciate,
  • underrate,
  • abuse,
  • discredit,
  • put hooks in,
  • defame,
  • dis,
  • tear down,
  • dump on,
  • derogate,
  • vilify,
  • dispraise,
  • deride,
  • roast,
  • pan,
  • sour grapes,
  • belittle,
  • underestimate,
  • disdain.
  •disturb (verb)
  • confuse,
  • irk,
  • pester,
  • excite,
  • distract,
  • irritate,
  • harass,
  • pain,
  • badger,
  • complicate,
  • pique,
  • tire,
  • ruffle,
  • shake up,
  • burn up,
  • interfere,
  • provoke,
  • plague,
  • interrupt,
  • grieve,
  • annoy,
  • rouse,
  • startle,
  • gall,
  • arouse,
  • intrude,
  • worry,
  • molest,
  • make uneasy,
  • disrupt.
  •freeze (verb)
  • inhibit,
  • hold up,
  • suspend,
  • fix,
  • peg.
  •frighten (verb)
  • make blood run cold,
  • stiff,
  • scare off,
  • curdle the blood,
  • discomfort,
  • strike terror into,
  • scare to death,
  • disburb,
  • spook,
  • panic,
  • make teeth chatter,
  • scare away,
  • chill to the bone,
  • repel.
  •frustrate (verb)
  • halt,
  • cramp one's style,
  • annul,
  • counteract,
  • confront,
  • conquer,
  • defeat,
  • stump,
  • hang up,
  • lick,
  • dash one's hope,
  • negate,
  • impede,
  • render null and void,
  • arrest,
  • prohibit,
  • cramp,
  • forestall,
  • check,
  • obstruct,
  • obviate,
  • give the run around,
  • upset the applecart,
  • bar,
  • cancel,
  • prevent,
  • outwit,
  • stymie,
  • neutralize,
  • block,
  • nullify,
  • crimp,
  • forbid,
  • overcome,
  • counter,
  • preclude,
  • ruin.
  •intimidate (verb)
  • constrain,
  • coerce,
  • ride,
  • oblige,
  • force,
  • twist someone's arm,
  • bowl over,
  • hound,
  • bait,
  • compel.
  •oppress (verb)
  • keep down,
  • strain,
  • tax,
  • overpower,
  • overload,
  • subjugate,
  • persecute,
  • suppress,
  • encumber,
  • harry,
  • torture,
  • put screws to,
  • pick on,
  • tyrranize,
  • handicap,
  • rule,
  • wrong,
  • trample,
  • saddle,
  • overwhelm,
  • aggrieve,
  • Despotize,
  • prey on,
  • overthrow,
  • burden,
  • smother,
  • put upon,
  • put the squeeze on,
  • weigh heavy upon,
  • maltreat.
  •sadden (verb)
  • deplore,
  • bring one down,
  • put into a funk,
  • down,
  • drag down,
  • dampen spirits,
  • break one's heart,
  • make blue.
  •scarify (verb)
  • make one's hair stand on end,
  • silly,
  • scare the daylights out of,
  • make one's blood run cold.
  •tire (verb)
  • fold,
  • wear out,
  • bore,
  • ennui,
  • displease,
  • droop,
  • faint,
  • sink,
  • wear down,
  • jade,
  • wilt,
  • nauseate,
  • give out,
  • go stale,
  • burn out,
  • put to sleep,
  • exasperate,
  • flag,
  • disgust,
  • overtax,
  • overwork,
  • yawn,
  • grow weary,
  • bush,
  • crawl,
  • prostrate,
  • pall,
  • wear,
  • overburden,
  • collapse,
  • overstrain,
  • fag,
  • fatigue,
  • peter out,
  • drop,
  • poop out,
  • sicken.
  •unnerve (verb)
  • give a turn,
  • Uncalm,
  • disarm,
  • needle,
  • floor,
  • throw off,
  • discombobulate.
  •weary (verb)
  • tucker out,
  • try the patience of,
  • cause ennui,
  • tire out,
  • drowse,
  • take it out of,
  • make discontented,
  • grow tired,
  • have had enough,
  • leave one cold,
  • fall off,
  • cloy,
  • weigh,
  • exhaust,
  • glut,
  • fade,
  • lose interest.

Antonyms for Dis heartening:

• adj.

  • appalling
    nice, good, polite, wonderful, calming, delightful, reassuring, comforting, encouraging, pleasant, pleasing, satisfying, beautiful.
  • bleak
    congenial, appealing, sunny, bright, glad, cheerful, comfortable, happy, light, hopeful, joyful.
  • depressing
    exhilarating, cheering.
  • disappointing
    agreeable, strong, satisfactory.
  • discouraging
    heartening, favorable, inspiriting, auspicious, inspiring.
  • dismal
    smart, clear, intelligent, luminous.
  • funereal
    upbeat, lively.
  • gloomy
    encouraged, animated, vivacious, uplifting, sparkling, content.
  • off
    here, present, on.
  • oppressive
    calm, kind, Relieving, cool, easy, mild, gentle, temperate.
  • sad
    advantageous, lucky, worthwhile, blessed, fortunate, right, great, unaffecting.

• v.

  • appall
    reasurre.
  • appall/appal
    comfort, satisfy, reassure.
  • chill
    warm, heat, incite, uplift.
  • cow
    help, gladden, soothe, embolden, please.
  • daunt
    delight, aid, undaunt, support, make happy, assist.
  • demoralize
    enlighten, placate, explain, approve, organize, strengthen, compose, moralize, educate, arrange, clear up, sanction, make good, boost, purify, order.
  • depress
    excite, lift, flatter, activate, invigorate, upgrade, energize, improve, exalt, admire, elevate, raise, honor, cheer, push up, increase.
  • disappoint
    succeed, allow, forward, permit.
  • dishearten
    hearten, encourage, urge, inspirit, promote, stimulate, praise, compliment, build up.
  • dismay
    clarify, appease, settle, quiet, explicate, assure.
  • disparage
    commend, maximize, respect, esteem, exaggerate, overestimate, laud, overrate.
  • disturb
    tranquilize, pacify, bore, lull, locate, sort, exhilarate.
  • freeze
    boil, go, continue.
  • frighten
    expect.
  • frustrate
    lose, let go, release, validate, cooperate, facilitate, retreat, yield, give up, open, push, surrender, abet.
  • intimidate
    leave alone.
  • oppress
    give in, benefit.
  • tire
    rise, mend, assuage, fire up, cure, refresh, build.
  • unnerve
    steel, nerve.
  • weary
    enliven.