dis- + hearten
dishearten (third-person singular simple present disheartens, present participle disheartening, simple past and past participle disheartened)
- (transitive) To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.
- Synonym: discourage
- Antonyms: hearten, encourage
discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
- Belarusian: абезнадзе́іць impf (abjeznadzjéicʹ)
- Bulgarian: обезсърчавам (bg) (obezsǎrčavam)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 令人愁悶／令人愁闷 (zh) (lìng rén chóumèn), 使沮喪／使沮丧 (zh) (shǐ jǔsàng)
- Dutch: ontmoedigen (nl)
- Finnish: lannistaa (fi)
- French: décourager (fr)
- Galician: desalentar (gl), desanimar (gl)
- German: entmutigen (de)
- Greek: αποκαρδιώνω (el) (apokardióno), αποθαρρύνω (el) (apotharrýno)
- Italian: scoraggiare (it), avvilire (it), sconfortare (it)
- Japanese: 落胆させる (ja) (らくたんさせる, rakutan saseru), がっかりさせる (ja) (gakkari saseru)
- Macedonian: обеску́ражи (obeskúraži), обе́схрабри (obéshrabri)
- Maori: whakatūoi, whakapāhunu, whakangākaukore, whakakiwakiwa, nonope
- Old English: mistyhtan
- Portuguese: desanimar (pt), desalentar (pt), descoroçoar, abater (pt)
- Romanian: descuraja (ro), demoraliza (ro)
- Russian: приводи́ть в уны́ние impf (privodítʹ v unýnije), привести́ в уны́ние pf (privestí v unýnije), расхола́живать (ru) impf (rasxoláživatʹ), расхолоди́ть (ru) pf (rasxolodítʹ), обескура́живать (ru) impf (obeskuráživatʹ), обескура́жить (ru) pf (obeskurážitʹ)
- Spanish: desalentar (es), descorazonar (es), desanimar (es)
- Welsh: digalonni (cy)
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