disheartened

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ heartened

Adjective

disheartened (comparative more disheartened, superlative most disheartened)

1. Discouraged, despairing.
   • 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:

     He refused to get disheartened, even when all 50 writers polled by Newsweek predicted he would lose.

Synonyms

• dejected, dispirited, down in the mouth, sad, down in the dumps

Verb

disheartened

1. simple past tense and past participle of dishearten