(v. t.) To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject.
Example Sentences:
(1) Dixon said that in the wake of the latest shooting, he was “disheartened but not surprised”.
(2) The simple answer: absolutely no.” The reticence of others to publicly support her had been disheartening at times.
(3) Perhaps more disheartening has been the increasing resistance of bacteria to antibiotics.
(4) Obviously, workers get disheartened and reduce their demand for work even when they need it; in other cases, the state and local authorities try to dissuade them or do not register their demand because they do not have the funds to provide the required work.
(5) "We are deeply disheartened about the unprecedented events taking place in the UK at the moment and which have impacted communities across the country," he said.
(6) Navratilova, a winner of 18 grand slam singles titles, said: “It is really disheartening to see Ray Moore offer the extremely prejudiced and very old-fashioned statements regarding women tennis players.
(7) Those left thoroughly disheartened by the week in politics and Monday’s Euro 2016 football disaster have been invited to reflect back on a happier time, when the Beatles were at No 1 in the charts with Paperback Writer, and England were about to lift the World Cup for the first (perhaps only) occasion.
(8) It sets out yet more evidence of the real-life and disheartening effects on women of the shortage of midwives."
(9) Bush said that the passage of HB40 has left many activists “overall probably disheartened” and “kind of tired” but determined to carry on.
(10) It is disheartening to see some tabloids give prominence to this nonsense.
(11) Yet one of the key issues and most disheartening matters for workers is the attitude of Mike Ashley , who repeatedly distances himself from current problems in the stores.
(12) Esteban Lasso, executive director of Canadian-based "cleft care" charity Transforming Faces, said in a statement : "It's disheartening that a major motion picture would perpetuate this negative perception and we hope that in future, birth defects and facial differences will not be used to portray 'evil' characters."
(13) That seemed implausible when he left Manchester United in 2004, disheartened after two and a half largely fruitless seasons.
(14) It is sad and disheartening that the Oscars awards show sought to use anti-Jewish stereotypes for laughs."
(15) So for him to be this disheartened with Moyes says a fair bit.
(16) To fall back into this type of conflict against itself, is disheartening and tragic.” “I’m trying to help them see past their tribalism and the fighting, to become more aware of the current issues that are effecting the entire planet, not just a small minority.
(17) The country’s president, Baron Waqa, told parliament after the child refugees were beaten: “I’m disheartened that the refugees are being attacked by the locals verbally and physically.” The Australian government maintains that the welfare of refugees resettled on Nauru is a matter solely for the Nauru government.
(18) The government proposals, which come after last month's General Synod vote against legislation to allow female bishops , have disheartened many clergy campaigning for a more inclusive church.
(19) But this is a radical, disheartening development in the history of the organisation, long held out as a beacon for the open, free spirit of the web as a tool for liberation.
(20) It’s clear the CIA was trying to play ‘keep away’ with documents relevant to an investigation by their overseers in Congress, and that’s a serious constitutional concern,” Snowden told NBC : But it’s equally if not more concerning that we’re seeing another ‘Merkel Effect,’ where an elected official does not care at all that the rights of millions of ordinary citizens are violated by our spies, but suddenly it’s a scandal when a politician finds out the same thing happens to them.” Updated at 4.09pm GMT 3.54pm GMT Brennan says Edward Snowden’s leaks have disheartened people in the intelligence community.
Hearten
Definition:
(v. t.) To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden.
(v. t.) To restore fertility or strength to, as to land.
Example Sentences:
(1) The fact that true friendship really can exist in the Big Brother house was heartening.
(2) There is a striking amount of national introspection in a hearteningly vibrant press.
(3) Many of us were heartened in 2002 when David Cameron, recognising this problem, argued: "Drugs policy in this country has been failing for decades.
(4) So in this era of leaks, and institutions you can't trust it's incredibly heartening that a crowd of people came together to witness a special event and have shown they can be trusted to keep a secret.
(5) 9.55am BST Heartening news from Britain's construction sector: it clawed its way back towards growth in April, with a monthly PMI of 49.4 (up from 47.2).
(6) There has been a heartening response to the Let Them Stay campaign ... Public opinion is beginning to shift and we think we will get Manus and Nauru closed.” Carrying “Free the refugees” placards and chanting “let them stay”, protesters gathered in Sydney’s Belmore Park before marching through the central business district.
(7) Tony Blair became bored and frustrated with domestic policy and – heartened by success in Sierra Leone – decided that it was much more exciting to apply himself to exporting liberal democracy around the world.
(8) We should also be heartened by the extraordinary increase in our knowledge of embryonic development in Drosophila as a result of just such a strategy.
(9) I'd go on and listen and be heartened by the way women were responding."
(10) Chelsea must rise to that challenge, and their refusal to wilt was heartening, prompting comparisons with Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United, whose constant probing would often draw late rewards from apparent lost causes.
(11) In this regard it is heartening that operating funds for the institutes at NIH other than NCI will increase by $264 million in 1974.
(12) A fellow Democrat, Joe Manchin, who has opposed military action, said he was heartened by the meeting and said he would pursue a separate resolution giving the Syrians time to comply.
(13) This is, on the face of it, a rare and heartening case of disparate peoples being led to a common conclusion by evidence and reason, but serendipity played its part too.
(14) We are greatly heartened there will not be a long, arduous wait for the next milestone to arrive,” he said.
(15) UN Women's executive director, Michelle Bachelet, said she was "particularly heartened" that an agreement was reached this year.
(16) "The performance of consumer goods producers was especially heartening in May, with output rising for the first time in 14 months," said Markit's Dobson.
(17) Benjamin explains that having a direct route to others online as a young person was a heartening way of connecting when he felt "very isolated".
(18) The same implications than would so hearten the Lib Dems about the result would dismay the Tories.
(19) At a meeting between car manufacturers and Davis on Monday, attendees were said to be heartened that the government increasingly understood the need for them to retain access to European markets but were worried there was little plan for achieving this.
(20) Johnson's riposte has been to start a rerun of the whole process , scheduling it to end handily close to an expected change of government and surely heartened by shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt's indication that he, unlike Bradshaw, wouldn't prevent Johnson from getting his way.