disheartening

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English

Adjective

disheartening (comparative more disheartening, superlative most disheartening)

  1. Causing a person to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy.
    Synonyms: discouraging; see also Thesaurus:disheartening
    Antonym: heartening

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Verb

disheartening

  1. present participle and gerund of dishearten