Word Meanings - DISHEARTEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject. Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened. Macaulay. Syn. -- To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter; terrify.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISHEARTEN)

• Abash
• Confound
• confuse
• discompose
• bewilder
• daunt
• cow
• humble
• disconcert
• dishearten
• motility
• shame
• humiliate
• Appal
• Affright
• alarm
• terrify
• scare
• shock
• frighten
• discouraged
• horrify
• dismay
• astound
• Damp
• blunt
• quench
• slack
• moderate
• humid
• wet
• moist
• discourage
• discountenance
• repress
• Daunt
• Terrify
• appall
• intimidate
• confront
• Deter
• Warn
• stop
• dissuade
• disincline
• indispose
• dispirit
• hinder
• prevent

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DISHEARTEN)

• Compose
• embolden
• reassure
• rally
• Encourage
• inspirit
• assure
• allure

Related words: (words related to DISHEARTEN)

• ASSURER
  1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. 2. One who takes out a life assurance policy.
• CONFOUNDED
  1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.
• CONFRONT
  1. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness. We four, indeed, confronted were with four In Russian habit. Shak. He spoke and then confronts the bull. Dryden. Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew
• PREVENTATIVE
  That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
• SHAMEFAST
  Modest; shamefaced. -- Shame"fast*ly, adv. -- Shame"fast*ness, n. See Shamefaced. Shamefast she was in maiden shamefastness. Chaucer. is a blushing shamefast spirit. Shak. Modest apparel with shamefastness. 1 Tim. ii. 9 .
• DISPIRITED
  Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pir"it*ed, n.
• DISCOURAGING
  Causing or indicating discouragement. -- Dis*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.
• DAUNTER
  One who daunts.
• ENCOURAGER
  One who encourages, incites, or helps forward; a favorer. The pope is . . . a great encourager of arts. Addison.
• DETERMINE
  1. To come to an end; to end; to terminate. He who has vented a pernicious doctrine or published an ill book must know that his life determine not together. South. Estates may determine on future contingencies. Blackstone. 2. To come to a decision;
• CONFRONTATION
  Act of confronting. H. Swinburne.
• DISHEARTENMENT
  Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.
• SHOCKDOG
  See 1
• APPALACHIAN
  Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains. Note: The name Appalachian was given to the mountains by the Spaniards under De Soto, who derived it from the heighboring Indians. Am. Cyc.
• REPRESSIBLE
  Capable of being repressed.
• AFFRIGHTER
  One who frightens.
• BLUNTISH
  Somewhat blunt. -- Blunt"ish*ness, n.
• MOISTNESS
  The quality or state of being moist.
• ALARM
  1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. Arming to answer in a night alarm. Shak. 2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warming sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. Sound an alarm in
• HUMIDNESS
  Humidity.
• IMPREVENTABLE
  Not preventable; invitable.
• SUTURALLY
  In a sutural manner.
• FORSLACK
  To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth. Spenser.
• CALABASH
  Calebasse), lit., a dry gourd, fr. Ar. qar', fem., a kind of gourd + 1. The common gourd . 2. The fruit of the calabash tree. 3. A water dipper, bottle, backet, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd. Calabash tree.
• CENTRALLY
  In a central manner or situation.
• UNASSURED
  1. Not assured; not bold or confident. 2. Not to be trusted. Spenser. 3. Not insured against loss; as, unassured goods.
• IMPREVENTABILITY
  The state or quality of being impreventable.
• DECOMPOSE
  To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.
• UNDAUNTABLE
  Incapable of being daunted; intrepid; fearless; indomitable. Bp. Hall.
• PASTORALLY
  1. In a pastoral or rural manner. 2. In the manner of a pastor.
• SQUABASH
  To crush; to quash; to squash. Sir W. Scott.