What (who) is Dishearten - definition
dishearten
v. (formal) (R) it disheartened all of us (to learn) that she had been dismissed
Dishearten
·vt To Discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to Deject.
dishearten
v. a.
Dispirit, discourage, deject, depress.
Examples of use of Dishearten
1. He admits that his protest might not achieve anything, but that doesn‘t dishearten him.
2. His overly optimistic mischaracterizations of this war continue to confuse and dishearten Americans," added Rep.
3. "One way to dishearten people is to limit or take away their freedom of movement," says the ISAF official.
4. Carl Levin, was a thinly disguised political slap at Bush that would dishearten U.S. troops and signal American disunity.
5. He said there was a campaign by Al–Qaeda to undermine Pakistan but said: «They do not have the capacity to destabilize the country, but their suicide attacks create disorder and dishearten the population.