- past participle of dishearten.
- past tense form of dishearten.
disheartened
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Parents said they were disheartened and upset about the city’s actions because of the effects on the children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Fellow activist Louis Lee said Wong and his supporters were disheartened that he was handed another NSL charge while already serving time in prison.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Markle had also remarked early on that she was disheartened that so much coverage of her romance focused on her ethnicity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
I am disheartened by the merely contemporary and hence indifferent to every fad.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
When Pete gave the signal, Louie would stretch out his long legs and his opponents would scatter and drop away, in the words of a reporter, “sadly disheartened and disillusioned.”
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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