Thesaurus / dishearten
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Some poll workers said they felt vulnerable in their roles, or were disheartened by baseless claims that they felt undermined the election process they witnessed firsthand.
VACCINATED AND READY, POLL WORKERS ARE BACK FOR VIRGINIA’S GOVERNOR RACEKARINA ELWOODOCTOBER 27, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe pandemic began taking a toll and I was already disheartened, knowing that things wouldn’t be the same for a very long time.
'A YEAR FULL OF EMOTIONS.' WHAT KIDS LEARNED FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMICALLISON SINGERJUNE 12, 2021TIMEOther people might have been disheartened by such unrelenting proximity to pain, but the knowledge that things could be worse filled Diaz, a relentless optimist, with a profound sense of calm.
THE BROKEN FRONT LINEBY AVA KOFMAN, PHOTOGRAPHY BY KENDRICK BRINSON AND DAVID WALTER BANKSAPRIL 7, 2021PROPUBLICAThough I got disheartened by the strict mindset of being a restaurateur, I feel like I can do anything now.
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SEVEN ENTERPRISE SEO STRATEGIES AND TACTICS THAT REALLY WORKHARPREET MUNJALFEBRUARY 8, 2021SEARCH ENGINE WATCHHe said nothing, not wishing perhaps to dishearten his companion.
THE BEACH OF DREAMSH. DE VERE STACPOOLEWhile they dishearten the irresolute, they stimulate the brave.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF FRANK G. ALLEN, MINISTER OF THE GOSPELFRANK G. ALLENFortune may be kind or be unkind, it shall neither dishearten me nor uplift me.
HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA, VOL. XV. (OF XXI.)THOMAS CARLYLEIt is an immense problem, often enough to dishearten good men and women.
AN INTERPRETATION OF RUDOLF EUCKEN'S PHILOSOPHYW. TUDOR JONESNo, no, there is nothing encouraging about it; and as for disheartening, nothing ought to dishearten a seaman.
THE PATHFINDERJAMES FENIMORE COOPERWORDS RELATED TO DISHEARTEN
- alarms
- appalls
- awes
- badgers
- baits
- bludgeons
- blusters
- bowls over
- browbeats
- buffalos
- bulldozes
- bullies
- chills
- coerces
- compels
- constrains
- cows
- daunts
- disheartens
- dismays
- dispirits
- disquiets
- dragoons
- enforces
- forces
- hounds
- lean on
- obliges
- overawes
- pushes around
- rides
- ruffles
- scares
- showboats
- spooks
- strong-arms
- subdues
- terrifies
- terrorizes
- twists someone's arm
- abuse
- afflict
- aggrieve
- annoy
- beat down
- burden
- crush
- despotize
- dishearten
- dispirit
- distress
- encumber
- force
- handicap
- harass
- harry
- hound
- keep down
- maltreat
- outrage
- overcome
- overload
- overpower
- overthrow
- overwhelm
- persecute
- pick on
- plague
- press
- prey on
- put down
- put screws to
- put the squeeze on
- put upon
- ride
- rule
- sadden
- saddle
- smother
- strain
- subjugate
- suppress
- tax
- torment
- torture
- trample
- trouble
- tyrannize
- vex
- weigh heavy upon
- worry
- wrong
- affright
- agitate
- alarm
- appall
- astound
- awe
- browbeat
- bulldoze
- chill
- chill to the bone
- cow
- curdle the blood
- daunt
- demoralize
- deter
- disburb
- discomfort
- disconcert
- discourage
- dishearten
- dismay
- disquiet
- faze
- horrify
- intimidate
- make blood run cold
- make one's blood run cold
- make one's hair stand on end
- make teeth chatter
- panic
- perturb
- petrify
- repel
- scare
- scare away
- scare off
- scare the daylights out of
- scare to death
- silly
- spook
- startle
- stiff
- strike terror into
- terrify
- terrorize
- unhinge
- unnerve
- annoy
- bore
- burn out
- bush
- collapse
- crawl
- debilitate
- deject
- depress
- disgust
- dishearten
- dispirit
- displease
- distress
- drain
- droop
- drop
- enervate
- ennui
- exasperate
- fag
- fail
- faint
- fatigue
- flag
- fold
- give out
- go stale
- grow weary
- harass
- irk
- irritate
- jade
- nauseate
- overburden
- overstrain
- overtax
- overwork
- pain
- pall
- peter out
- poop out
- prostrate
- put to sleep
- sap
- sicken
- sink
- strain
- tax
- vex
- weaken
- wear
- wear down
- wear out
- wilt
- worry
- yawn
- agitate
- bewilder
- bowl over
- buffalo
- chill
- confound
- daunt
- demoralize
- disarm
- discombobulate
- disconcert
- discourage
- dishearten
- dismay
- dispirit
- distract
- enervate
- enfeeble
- floor
- fluster
- frighten
- get to
- give a turn
- needle
- perturb
- psych out
- rattle
- ride
- sap
- shake
- spook
- throw
- throw off
- uncalm
- undermine
- unhinge
- unsettle
- weaken
- annoy
- bore
- burden
- cause ennui
- cloy
- debilitate
- depress
- disgust
- dishearten
- distress
- drain
- droop
- drowse
- enervate
- enfeeble
- exasperate
- exhaust
- fade
- fag
- fail
- fall off
- fatigue
- flag
- glut
- grow tired
- harass
- have had enough
- irk
- jade
- leave one cold
- lose interest
- make discontented
- nauseate
- oppress
- overwork
- pain
- plague
- sap
- sicken
- sink
- strain
- take it out of
- tax
- tire
- tire out
- try the patience of
- tucker out
- vex
- weaken
- wear down
- wear out
- weigh
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