What's the difference between disheartened and undaunted?

Disheartened


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Dishearten

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.

Undaunted


Definition:

  • (a.) Not daunted; not subdued or depressed by fear.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Undaunted by the sickening swell of the ocean and wrapped up against the chilly wind, Straneo, of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, one of the world's leading oceanographic research centres, continues to take measurements from the waters as the long Arctic dusk falls.
  • (2) He is undaunted by their scale, and realistic about their shortcomings.
  • (3) She was undaunted by all the stuff that would be against a woman coming into a field at that level.
  • (4) Restaurateur Arkady Novikov was similarly undaunted: "I do not think much about these sanctions.
  • (5) They scramble quickly back to the feet, looking chastening but not undaunted - which is just as well because if they do not finish today's stage all their previous exertions will have been for nothing, like being expelled from college on the eve of graduation day.
  • (6) The Champions League is an extremely difficult competition but we are on the right track.” The Serie A leaders were undaunted by the pulsating atmosphere created by 70,000 Dortmund fans inside the Westfalenstadion, silencing the raucous home crowd early on when Tevez, who scored in the first leg, was left with far too much space 25 metres out and unleashed an unstoppable shot into the top corner.
  • (7) Asst Ch Con Roger Bannister said in a statement: “This man is not the only individual being investigated by Operation Enamel and our determination to bring others to justice is undaunted.” Saunders overruled the lead counsel, Eleanor Laws QC, who had recommended that Janner should be charged.
  • (8) Both the public and researchers also seem undaunted by the cost.
  • (9) Undaunted by unpopularity, though he was never to make much money until he and Jasper Johns began to decorate the windows of Bonwit Teller and Tiffany under a joint pseudonym in the mid 50s, Rauschenberg pressed on with theatre designs for another Black Mountain friend, Merce Cunningham, and for Paul Taylor.
  • (10) "On the barges and the bridges and the banks of the river there were people who had taken their places to cheer through the mist, undaunted by the rain," he Queen , 86, observed in her message.
  • (11) Hundreds of al-Qaida fighters were holed up in the Tora Bora caves yesterday, apparently undaunted by more than a week of heavy American bombing and repeated mojahedin attacks.
  • (12) If Mike Ashley , Newcastle's owner, who apparently thrashed out a deal with the club's former manager at the Orange Tree pub in Totteridge, north London, last week, remained undaunted, others saw things differently.
  • (13) Undaunted, Murdoch met Biffen but thought the meeting had not gone well.
  • (14) At the same time he wants to write enough of a final chapter to take him well beyond the court cases that have wrapped up in London.” Folkenflik said the audacious move was also a bid by Murdoch to redefine his image after the hacking scandal, to demonstrate to the world he was “as relentless and as close to immortal as you can be.” “He wants it to show that his empire is larger than ever, that he’s undaunted and that people think of him unceasingly growing the family empire and giving James and Lachlan more vineyards to play in,” he said.
  • (15) ‘I’m still for him’: Trump fans undaunted by string of campaign blunders Read more Attending a Serbian cultural festival over the weekend, he told the Washington Post: “Wisconsin Republicans are good at sniffing out interlopers.
  • (16) As befits someone who use to work as an apprentice under Brian Clough, even if he never quite made it to the Nottingham Forest first team, Dyche makes the best of what he has and is undaunted by the challenge of leading Burnley into a higher division.
  • (17) So I think that we represent about 60% of Americans with that philosophical belief.” A difficult exchange followed on Johnson’s policies on immigration, tax, a balanced federal budget and the use of American force, the candidate repeating that he was “not getting elected dictator or king” and Wallace countering that “when you say we’re not going to be elected dictator, you’re saying, ‘Don’t take my policies seriously because they won’t get through.’” Undaunted, Johnson closed by emphasising his optimism.
  • (18) Undaunted by geographic limitations, she surveyed and publicized data that documented the mismanagement of living conditions and health care among the occupational forces on the Indian continent.
  • (19) It is a clear, crisp morning and the rodents are out in force, seemingly undaunted by daylight or passersby.
  • (20) Bravely, an undaunted Lansley – or La-La as prominent NHS blogger Roy Lilley called him – returned to the RCN's get-together last year.