English
Etymology
dis- hearten
Pronunciation
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Verb
dishearten (third-person singular simple present disheartens present participle disheartening simple past and past participle disheartened
To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage .
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Antonyms
Translations
discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
Belarusian: абезнадзе́іць impf ( abjeznadzjéicʹ )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 令人愁悶 ／ 令人愁闷 (zh) , 令人愁闷 (zh) ( lìng rén chóumèn ) , 使沮喪 ／ 使沮丧 (zh) , 使沮丧 (zh) ( shǐ jǔsàng )
Dutch: ontmoedigen (nl)
Finnish: lannistaa (fi)
French: décourager (fr)
Galician: desalentar (gl) , desanimar (gl)
German: entmutigen (de)
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Greek: αποκαρδιώνω (el) ( apokardióno ) , αποθαρρύνω (el) ( apotharrýno )
Italian: scoraggiare (it) , avvilire (it) , sconfortare (it)
Japanese: 落胆させる ( らくたんさせる, rakutan saseru ) , がっかりさせる (ja) ( gakkari saseru )
Maori: whakatūoi whakapāhunu whakangākaukore whakakiwakiwa nonope
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)
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