dishearten

WOTD – 14 July 2008

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈhɑː.tən/
(General American) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈhɑɹ.tən/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tən

Verb

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

Derived terms

Translations

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)
Thai: บั่นทอนจิตใจ (th)
Welsh: digalonni (cy)

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