- past participle of dishearten.
- past tense form of dishearten.
disheartened
Example Sentences
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She says she "wasn't as persistent as I should have been" when it came to trying out for different roles and easily "got disheartened", thinking "maybe this isn't for me".
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2026
He speculated that scholars and Americans in general were too disheartened by Vietnam to want to contemplate a traumatic rupture like the Civil War.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
"I am disheartened and sad each and every day... that we are told immigrants, which most of us are or descended from are unwelcome," wrote the 84-year-old Stewart.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
Buchalter added that investors were likely more disheartened by Broadcom’s announcement of a fifth unnamed customer that it will deliver $1 billion of custom chips to late next year.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025
Stella stared at her empty, blue-lined sheet, disheartened.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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