What is another word for disheartened?
480 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dɪshˈɑːtənd], [ dɪshˈɑːtənd], [ d_ɪ_s_h_ˈɑː_t_ə_n_d]
Disheartened is a term used to express feelings of despair, disappointment, and discouragement. There are several other terms that can be used interchangeably with this word. These include demoralized, crestfallen, discouraged, disillusioned, defeated, and broken-hearted. Other synonyms that can be used to express similar emotions include dispirited, saddened, jaded, pessimistic, desperate, and hopeless. When we feel disheartened, we may also experience a lack of enthusiasm, motivation, and focus. Therefore, it is important to find ways to stay hopeful and optimistic even in the face of adversity. By keeping a positive mindset, we can overcome the feelings of disheartenment and achieve our goals.
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Similar words for disheartened:
- crestfallen (adjective)
- dejected (adjective)
- disappointed (adjective)
- downcast (adjective)
- hopeless (adjective)
- low (adjective)
- afraid (adjective)
- beaten (adjective)
- broken (adjective)
- despondent (adjective)
- dispirited (adjective)
- frustrated (adjective)
- panicky (adjective)
- reluctant (adjective)
- de-motivated (verb)
- dissuaded (verb)
Synonyms for Disheartened:
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adj.
• crestfallen • dejected- all torn up ,
- anguished ,
- anxious ,
- atrabilious ,
- blue ,
- bummed out ,
- contemplative ,
- depressed ,
- despairing ,
- despondent ,
- disconsolate ,
- discouraged ,
- dolorous ,
- down in mouth ,
- dreary ,
- gloomy ,
- glum ,
- grim ,
- heartbroken ,
- in the pits ,
- joyless ,
- lachrymose ,
- melancholy ,
- miserable ,
- moody ,
- morose ,
- mournful ,
- overcome ,
- pensive ,
- plaintive ,
- sad ,
- shot down ,
- sullen ,
- wistful ,
- woeful ,
- mopey .
- co wed ,
- co-wed ,
- dis heartened ,
- dis mayed ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis-heartened ,
- dis-mayed ,
- dis-tressed ,
- faint hearted ,
- have cold feet ,
- more aroused ,
- more cowed ,
- more daunted ,
- more disheartened ,
- more dismayed ,
- more faint hearted ,
- more faint-hearted ,
- more nervous ,
- more rattled ,
- more spooked ,
- more terror stricken ,
- more terror-stricken ,
- more terrorstricken ,
- more trembling ,
- most aroused ,
- most cowed ,
- most daunted ,
- most disheartened ,
- most dismayed ,
- most faint hearted ,
- most faint-hearted ,
- most rattled ,
- most spooked ,
- most terror stricken ,
- most terror-stricken ,
- most terrorstricken ,
- most trembling ,
- panic stricken ,
- panicstricken ,
- scared death ,
- terror stricken ,
- terrorstricken ,
- timorous ,
- up-set ,
- worried .
- dis appointed ,
- dis-appointed ,
- more baffled ,
- more bested ,
- more circumvented ,
- more conquered ,
- more crushed ,
- more discomfited ,
- more humbled ,
- more licked ,
- more mastered ,
- more overpowered ,
- more routed ,
- more subjugated ,
- more surmounted ,
- more thwarted ,
- more trounced ,
- more vanquished ,
- more worsted ,
- most baffled ,
- most bested ,
- most circumvented ,
- most conquered ,
- most crushed ,
- most discomfited ,
- most humbled ,
- most licked ,
- most mastered ,
- most overpowered ,
- most routed ,
- most subjugated ,
- most surmounted ,
- most thwarted ,
- most trounced ,
- most vanquished ,
- most worsted ,
- over come ,
- over powered ,
- over thrown ,
- over whelmed ,
- over-come ,
- over-powered ,
- over-thrown ,
- over-whelmed ,
- sur mounted ,
- sur-mounted ,
- un done ,
- un-done .
- de moralized ,
- de pressed ,
- de-moralized ,
- de-pressed ,
- more browbeaten ,
- more tamed ,
- most browbeaten ,
- most tamed .
- bummedout ,
- castdown ,
- in a blue funk ,
- more bummed out ,
- more bummed-out ,
- more bummedout ,
- more cast down ,
- more cast-down ,
- more castdown ,
- more grieving ,
- more mourning ,
- most bummed out ,
- most bummed-out ,
- most bummedout ,
- most cast down ,
- most cast-down ,
- most castdown ,
- most grieving ,
- most mourning .
- more shot down ,
- more shot-down ,
- more shotdown ,
- most shot down ,
- most shot-down ,
- most shotdown ,
- shot-down ,
- shotdown .
- dis contented ,
- dis-contented ,
- hung upon ,
- more balked ,
- more crimped ,
- more foiled ,
- more irked ,
- more stonewalled ,
- more stymied ,
- more ungratified ,
- more unsated ,
- more unslaked ,
- most balked ,
- most crabbed ,
- most crimped ,
- most discontented ,
- most foiled ,
- most irked ,
- most stonewalled ,
- most stymied ,
- most ungratified ,
- most unsated ,
- most unslaked ,
- through mill ,
- un gratified ,
- un sated ,
- un slaked ,
- un-gratified ,
- un-sated ,
- un-slaked ,
- up wall .
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v.
• de-motivated • dissuaded Other synonyms:
- apathetic ,
- blase ,
- bored ,
- fed up ,
- indifferent ,
- listless ,
- restless ,
- unenthusiastic ,
- uninspired ,
- world-weary .
Other relevant words:
- Broken-hearted ,
- Circumvented ,
- Commandingly ,
- Damped ,
- Dejecting ,
- Desponding ,
- Discountenanced ,
- Dodged ,
- Ducked ,
- Dumpish ,
- Eluded ,
- Evaded ,
- Flurried ,
- Fudged ,
- Languishing ,
- MOPY ,
- Moping ,
- Mopish ,
- Mumpish ,
- Parried ,
- Remitted ,
- Saddened ,
- Shelved ,
- Skirted ,
- Star-crossed ,
- afflicted ,
- afraid ,
- appall ,
- appalled ,
- arrestingly ,
- baffled ,
- basin ,
- beaten ,
- blues ,
- bowed down ,
- broken ,
- broken up ,
- brokenhearted ,
- brooding ,
- broody ,
- cast down ,
- cavity ,
- chap-fallen ,
- chapfallen ,
- chopfallen ,
- confused ,
- cowed ,
- crushed ,
- dampen ,
- darkly ,
- dashed ,
- daunt ,
- daunting ,
- dauntingly ,
- daunts ,
- decline ,
- deferred ,
- deject ,
- dejectedly ,
- dejection ,
- demoralised ,
- demoralize ,
- demoralized ,
- dent ,
- depress ,
- depressingly ,
- depression ,
- desolate ,
- despair ,
- despairingly ,
- desperately ,
- despond ,
- despondency ,
- despondently ,
- deter ,
- dip ,
- disappoint ,
- discontented ,
- discourage ,
- discouragement ,
- discouragingly ,
- disenchanted ,
- dishearten ,
- disheartening ,
- dishearteningly ,
- dismally ,
- dispirit ,
- dispiritedly ,
- dispiriting ,
- dissatisfied ,
- dissuade ,
- distressed ,
- doleful ,
- dour ,
- down ,
- down in the mouth ,
- downcast ,
- drearily ,
- drooping ,
- droopy ,
- emasculated ,
- fallen ,
- frighten ,
- frightened ,
- gloom ,
- gloomily ,
- grandly ,
- grief-stricken ,
- heartless ,
- heartsick ,
- heavy rain ,
- heavy-hearted ,
- hedged ,
- hole ,
- hopelessly ,
- hypochondriac ,
- hypochondriacal ,
- ill at ease ,
- impression ,
- impressively ,
- in low spirits ,
- in the depths ,
- in the doldrums ,
- in the dumps ,
- inconsolable ,
- intimidatingly ,
- let down ,
- lightless ,
- low ,
- low-spirited ,
- lugubrious ,
- magnificently ,
- melancholic ,
- mouth ,
- murkily ,
- obscurely ,
- oppressed ,
- out of humor ,
- out of spirits ,
- panicky ,
- pining ,
- piteous ,
- postponed ,
- recess ,
- regretful ,
- reluctant ,
- rueful ,
- sadly ,
- sadness ,
- sag ,
- saturnine ,
- sidestepped ,
- slump ,
- somberly ,
- sorrowful ,
- sorry ,
- strikingly ,
- subdued ,
- suicidal ,
- sulking ,
- sulky ,
- tabled ,
- tearful ,
- trench ,
- troubled ,
- trough ,
- unfortunate ,
- unhappy ,
- unmanned ,
- unnerve ,
- unnerved ,
- unsatisfied ,
- upset ,
- weary ,
- without care ,
- woebegone ,
- wretched .
- Unslaked ,
- bummed-out ,
- cast-down ,
- dejected ,
- dispirited ,
- downhearted ,
- faint-hearted ,
- frustrated ,
- griefstricken ,
- hung up on ,
- in awe ,
- in blue funk ,
- in despair ,
- in doldrums ,
- run scared ,
- scared stiff ,
- scared to death ,
- terror-stricken ,
- through the mill ,
- uneager ,
- ungratified ,
- unsated ,
- up set ,
- up the wall ,
- worsted .
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How to use "Disheartened" in context?
When people are feeling discouraged they are usually down in their mood and there is a sense of hopelessness. In general, discouragement can be caused by a wide variety of factors, some of which may be temporarily and some of which may be chronically. Temporarily, discouragement may result from feeling overwhelmed by a task or problem. Chronically, discouragement may be caused by a mental disorder or from having experienced significant hardships in one's life. Regardless of the cause, discouragement can have a negative impact on a person's ability to cope with life's challenges.
Paraphrases for Disheartened:
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Independent
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Adjective
depressed.
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Verb, past participle
beaten, dashed, depressed, disillusioned, dismayed, dissatisfied, frustrated, overwhelmed, stung, undeterred, Bummed, Deceived, Deterred, Saddened.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
depressing, discouraging, disheartening, distressed, frustrated, frustrating.
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Adjective
Homophones for Disheartened:
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