Dishearten
/dɪsˈhɑː.tən/ verb
verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage. transitive
"The repeated failures began to dishearten the team."
- 2 take away the enthusiasm of wordnet
Example
More examples"Do understand, Mrs. Smith, we must encourage the children, and not dishearten them."
Etymology
From dis- + hearten.