slovo | definícia |
disheartened (encz) | disheartened, adj: |
Disheartened (gcide) | Dishearten \Dis*heart"en\ (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'n), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Disheartened (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Disheartening.] [Pref. dis- + hearten.]
To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the
spirits of; to deject.
[1913 Webster]
Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened.
--Macaulay.
Syn: To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter;
terrify.
[1913 Webster] |
disheartened (gcide) | disheartened \dis*heart"ened\ (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'nd), adj.
made less hopeful or enthusiastic; as, their lack of interest
disheartened the instructor. [Narrower terms: pessimistic
(vs. optimistic)]
Syn: demoralized, discouraged.
[WordNet 1.5] |
disheartened (wn) | disheartened
adj 1: made less hopeful or enthusiastic; "desperate demoralized
people looking for work"; "felt discouraged by the
magnitude of the problem"; "the disheartened instructor
tried vainly to arouse their interest" [syn:
demoralized, demoralised, discouraged,
disheartened] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
disheartened (encz) | disheartened, adj: |
disheartened (gcide) | Dishearten \Dis*heart"en\ (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'n), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Disheartened (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Disheartening.] [Pref. dis- + hearten.]
To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the
spirits of; to deject.
[1913 Webster]
Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened.
--Macaulay.
Syn: To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter;
terrify.
[1913 Webster]disheartened \dis*heart"ened\ (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'nd), adj.
made less hopeful or enthusiastic; as, their lack of interest
disheartened the instructor. [Narrower terms: pessimistic
(vs. optimistic)]
Syn: demoralized, discouraged.
[WordNet 1.5] |
disheartened (wn) | disheartened
adj 1: made less hopeful or enthusiastic; "desperate demoralized
people looking for work"; "felt discouraged by the
magnitude of the problem"; "the disheartened instructor
tried vainly to arouse their interest" [syn:
demoralized, demoralised, discouraged,
disheartened] |
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