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Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.
Joseph Joubert

Meaning of "disheartening" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISHEARTENING

disheartening  [dɪsˈhɑːtənɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISHEARTENING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Disheartening is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DISHEARTENING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

disheartening

Depression (mood)

Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person's thoughts, behavior, feelings and sense of well-being. Depressed people can feel sad, anxious, empty, hopeless, worried, helpless, worthless, guilty, irritable, hurt, or restless. They may lose interest in activities that once were pleasurable, experience loss of appetite or overeating, have problems concentrating, remembering details, or making decisions, and may contemplate, attempt, or commit suicide. Insomnia, excessive sleeping, fatigue, loss of energy, or aches, pains, or digestive problems may also be present. Depressed mood is not always a psychiatric disorder. It may also be a normal reaction to certain life events, a symptom of some medical conditions, or a side effect of some drugs or medical treatments. Depressed mood is also a primary or associated feature of certain psychiatric syndromes such as clinical depression.

Definition of disheartening in the English dictionary

The definition of disheartening in the dictionary is If something is disheartening, it makes you feel disappointed and less confident or less hopeful.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISHEARTENING


air-conditioning
ˈɛəkənˌdɪʃ ənɪŋ
battening
ˈbætənɪŋ
conditioning
kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ
gardening
ˈɡɑːdənɪŋ
governing
ˈɡʌvənɪŋ
happening
ˈhæpənɪŋ
heartening
ˈhɑːtənɪŋ
life-threatening
ˈlaɪfθretənɪŋ
lightening
ˈlaɪtənɪŋ
nonfattening
ˌnɒnˈfætənɪŋ
nonthreatening
ˌnɒnˈθrɛtənɪŋ
opening
ˈəʊpənɪŋ
patterning
ˈpætənɪŋ
positioning
pəˈzɪʃənɪŋ
shortening
ˈʃɔːtənɪŋ
sweetening
ˈswiːtənɪŋ
threatening
ˈθrɛtənɪŋ
tightening
ˈtaɪtənɪŋ
unenlightening
ˌʌnɪnˈlaɪtənɪŋ
unthreatening
ʌnˈθretənɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISHEARTENING

disharmonize
disharmony
dishcloth
dishcloth gourd
dishclout
dishdasha
dishearten
disheartened
dishearteningly
disheartenment
dished
dishelm
disherison
disherit
disheritor
dishes
dishevel
dishevelled
dishevelling
dishevelment

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISHEARTENING

awakening
beginning
christening
easy listening
enlightening
evening
fastening
frightening
good evening
grand opening
hardening
intervening
listening
screening
sharpening
strengthening
thickening
weakening
whitening
widening
worsening

Synonyms and antonyms of disheartening in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISHEARTENING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «disheartening» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of disheartening

Translation of «disheartening» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISHEARTENING

Find out the translation of disheartening to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of disheartening from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «disheartening» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

令人灰心的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

descorazonador
570 millions of speakers

English

disheartening
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेहद निराशाजनक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإحباط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

уныние
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desanimador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

disheartening
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

décourageant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kecewa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

entmutigend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

がっかりさせるような
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

낙담시키는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Disheartening
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இதயமில்லா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निराशाजनक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cesaret kırıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scoraggiante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przygnębiające
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зневіру
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

evoluat destul de timid
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απογοητευτικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

teleurstellend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nedslående
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nedslående
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of disheartening

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISHEARTENING»

The term «disheartening» is regularly used and occupies the 63.499 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISHEARTENING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about disheartening

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9 QUOTES WITH «DISHEARTENING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word disheartening.
1
Jake Bugg
It can be disheartening to see acts that don't necessarily have any input on their own material to do so well in the charts.
2
Austin Carlile
It's disheartening to read the really negative stuff, but at the same time, I know who I am, and I'm comfortable with myself.
3
Willa Cather
Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.
4
Gia Coppola
I went to a private school, and I struggled academically. It was really disheartening to always be considered bad at that.
5
Sylvia Day
As a writer, it's disheartening to write books that you pour your soul into and not have them distributed widely enough to find their audience.
6
Sia Furler
Knowing now what goes into making a successful artist, it's disheartening.
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Joseph Joubert
Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.
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Frank Miller
When you think of what Americans accomplished, building these amazing cities and all the good it's done in the world, it's kind of disheartening to hear so much hatred of America, not just from abroad, but internally.
9
Tika Sumpter
I was signed to a record label when I was younger. I was in a group, and I just wasn't - personally, I wasn't ready to get out there. I don't know. It was a pop group. Not like the Spice Girls, but when you don't have any control over anything, it's disheartening.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISHEARTENING»

Discover the use of disheartening in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to disheartening and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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True Courage: Emboldened by God in a Disheartening World
Bestselling author and Bible teacher, Steve Farrar, reminds us through the story of Daniel that true courage can be ours daily and it comes from the one true Sovereign God.
Steve Farrar, 2011
2
Disheartening: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Publisher of Microbial control of insects and mites. Edited by H.D. Burges (and) N.W. Hussey. Publisher: Academic Press (London; New York). Published in 1971.Achesone, James.
‎2008
3
A Disheartening Story: Parents Behavioral Science
It is terrible to learn you are an abused child even to the age of 59 years old.
Marcia Batiste Smith Wilson, 2014
4
America Viewed at an Angle and Other Strangeness
If you take a moment and think about the dictionary and all the words it contains ( only people with a great deal of free time would think about things like this), you might have noticed how many disheartening words start with the letter “D.” How ...
Brian Eden, 2004
5
The Impact of Sociology: Readings in the Social Sciences
For sociologists — or so one might think — this state of affairs is disheartening and consoling at the same time. It is disheartening because it is a fair judgment of their usefulness; a court sociologist would have an even harder time keeping up  ...
Jack D. Douglas, 1970
6
A Single Wave: Stories of Storms and Survival
Someone later said how disheartening that moment must have been. It was not in the slightest. Almost a decade earlier, having to turn away from Cape Horn because of rigging damage was disheartening. A year earlier, losing CHIDIOCK  ...
Webb Chiles, 1999
7
The Bramble Bush: On Our Law and Its Study
And it is a bit disheartening to realize that what it would come to would be pretty much a shifting of emphasis and arrangement: a fuller development of matters mentioned and passed over; a correction and rounding out of things dealt with too ...
Karl N. Llewellyn, 2012
8
Donald Davidson and Moral Realism
... or ❤φ.17 An example may make things clearer. Let Σ(x) be: x is a bachelor. Let Σ(x/α) be: Xander is a bachelor. And let Tφ be: It's very disheartening to see that φ , so T[Σ(x/α)] will be: It's very disheartening to see that Xander is a bachelor.
Bryan Randall Register, 2007
9
Emerging Capital Markets and Globalization: The Latin ...
This study was motivated by the observation that the state of development of domestic securities markets in many emerging economies, and especially in Latin America, is perceived as disheartening and puzzling. Disheartening because of ...
Augusto de la Torre, Sergio L. Schmukler, 2007
10
The Navajo as Seen by the Franciscans, 1898-1921: A Sourcebook
It is just about the most disheartening outlook any people could possibly have. l4 The italics in the above quoted remarks of Colonel Pratt are mine. As far as sectarian churches and government methods are concerned, Colonel Pratt is ...
Howard M. Bahr, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISHEARTENING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term disheartening is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pay for driver's ed - Greensboro News & Record: N&R Editorials
Little is more disheartening than taking a vehicle to the body shop before it's lost the new-car smell. They save extra money to cover the steep ... «Greensboro News & Record, Jul 15»
2
4 Guilford workers refuse to issue marriage licenses to same-sex …
“There's no way around saying this whole process has been totally disheartening,” Thigpen said. The state has asked counties to notify Raleigh ... «Greensboro News & Record, Jul 15»
3
Scott Disick Dissed Kourtney Kardashian, Kim & Caitlyn Jenner …
This is so disheartening. There's nothing “bizarre” about Caitlyn Jenner. She's a marvel and so inspiring. And we can't think of a single bad ... «Hollywood Life, Jul 15»
4
Marisa Tomei Spider-Man Aunt May - Refinery29
Here's some disheartening news, and not because we aren't fans of Marisa Tomei: Reports indicate that the Oscar winner will likely play Aunt ... «Refinery29, Jul 15»
5
The Roskilde Festival Intends to Turn Concertgoers' Pee Into Beer …
Elsewhere in film news, this morning saw the posting of a disheartening message on beloved film website The Dissolve, announcing that today ... «Flavorwire, Jul 15»
6
C.B. school board cuts teachers, assistants, custodian | The …
“It gets a little disheartening for them. It seems like almost every year it's the same bunch getting laid off and most of them get back on, but the ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Jul 15»
7
U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Israel and religious hypocrisy | Opinion …
Congress and the president have now utterly rejected that disheartening attitude, and have declared with resounding affirmation: religious ... «Jewish Journal, Jul 15»
8
What's Wrong with Young American Actors? Social Media, Says …
... third element are to blame, it's a bit embarrassing that countries half our size are producing superior talent with disheartening regularity. «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»
9
Rapper, Kings grad 'disheartened' by concert cancellation
It was disheartening to discover that my name and brand were unjustly associated with the violence that occurred last weekend. I found my ... «Cincinnati.com, Jul 15»
10
New documentary asks, 'Do I Sound Gay?' | New York Post
... back at “gay voice” throughout popular culture, starting with films of the 1930s and with TV icon Paul Lynde; it also plays a disheartening clip ... «New York Post, Jul 15»

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