Do understand, Mrs. Smith, we must encourage the children, and not dishearten them.
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Dishearten
//dɪsˈhɑː.tən//
Synonyms for "dishearten" (77 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 20 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- абезнадзе́іць verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
Bulgarian
1 entries- обезсърчавам verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 令人愁悶 /令人愁闷 verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
- 使沮喪 /使沮丧 verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
Dutch
1 entries- ontmoedigen verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
Finnish
1 entries- lannistaa verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
French
1 entries- décourager verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
Galician
2 entries- desalentar verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
- desanimar verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
German
1 entries- entmutigen verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
Greek
2 entries- αποθαρρύνω verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
- αποκαρδιώνω verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
Italian
3 entries- avvilire verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
- sconfortare verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
- scoraggiare verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
Japanese
2 entries- がっかりさせる verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
- 落胆させる verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
Macedonian
2 entries- обе́схрабри verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
- обеску́ражи verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
Māori
4 entries- nonope verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
- whakakiwakiwa verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
- whakangākaukore verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
- whakapāhunu verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
Old English
1 entries- mistyhtan verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
Portuguese
4 entries- abater verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
- desalentar verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
- desanimar verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
- descoroçoar verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
Romanian
2 entries- demoraliza verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
- descuraja verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
Russian
4 entries- обескура́живать verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
- обескура́жить verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
- привести́ в уны́ние verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
- приводи́ть в уны́ние verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
Spanish
3 entries- desalentar verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
- desanimar verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
- descorazonar verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
Thai
1 entries- บั่นทอนจิตใจ verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
Welsh
1 entries- digalonni verb (discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The repeated failures began to dishearten the team.
Source: wiktionary
Do not let criticism dishearten you.
Source: wiktionary
As the storm darkens around him, his spirit grows more bright and serene. That which appals and disheartens others only animates him.
Source: wiktionary
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