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dis·heart·en
 dishearten
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- pronunciation:
- dIs
har
t
 n
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
disheartens, disheartening, disheartened |
| definition: |
to depress or destroy the hope or confidence of; discourage; dispirit.
After getting several rejections, he was disheartened and thought he'd never get his writing published.- synonyms:
- daunt, deject, discourage, dismay, dispirit, unnerve
- antonyms:
- embolden, encourage, exhilarate, hearten
- similar words:
- chill, cow, crush, depress, distress, intimidate
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| related words: |
desolate, gloom |
adverb + (v.)dishearten
bit, completely, especially, extremely, incredibly, little, particularly, profoundly, utterly
(v.)dishearten
+ noun
administration, election
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| derivations: |
dishearteningly (adv.), disheartenment (n.) |
The word dishearten
contains the following part:
dis-
Latin
prefix
that means not; apart; reverse, negate
  More about this word part:
The prefix dis-
occurs in English attached to Latin roots, as in dissent
, but also forms words in English by attaching to verbs ( dishearten
) and nouns ( disbelief
). dis-
has two other forms, as the "s" sound in dis-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms dif- and di-3.
Example words:
disable, disadvantage, disaffect, disagree, disagreeable, disallow, disappear, disappearance, disappoint, disapproval, disapprove, disarm, disarray, disbelief, discard, discolor, discomfort, disconnect, discord, discourteous, disdain, disengage, disgrace, disgust, dishearten, dishonest, disingenuous, disintegrate, disjoin, dislike, dislodge, dismantle, dismissal, disobey, disorder, disorient, disown, disparity, dispense, displace, display, displease, displeasure, disposable, disposal, disprove, disqualify, disregard, disrupt, dissatisfy, dissect, dissent, dissolution, dissolve, dissonant, dissuade, distort, distrust, disturb
- synonyms:
- de-, un-
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