Synonyms for disheartening

Most common

discouraging · dispiriting · demoralizing

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Adjective

Antonyms

heartening, encouraging, inspiring

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Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Causing a person to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy.

Example sentences

• discouraging It's discouraging that the travel expenses add up to 20,000 yen.
• demoralizing The air raid was demoralizing for the enemy.
• dispiriting Watching modern news coverage is a rather dispiriting exercise.
• disappointing It's truly disappointing to witness your behavior.
• daunting The challenges are daunting, but we can overcome them.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters

gloomy²

8 letters

daunting²

11 letters

dispiriting⁴

12 letters

discouraging⁴, demoralizing⁵, demoralising

13 letters

disappointing⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gloomy² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

démoralisant

Italiano

demoralizzante