Disheartened

Origin

- + heartened

Full definition of disheartened

Adjective

1. Discouraged, despairing.
• 2004, Chris Wallace (journalist), Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:He refused to get disheartened, even when all 50 writers polled by Newsweek predicted he would lose.

Synonyms

• dejected, dispirited, down in the mouth, sad, down in the dumps

Verb

1. disheartened

   (past of dishearten)