- past tense form of dishearten.
- past participle of dishearten.
disheartened
Example Sentences
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Still, Nvidia investors are unlikely to be too disheartened after a recent breakout that driven up the stock 12% in the past five trading sessions.
From Barron's • May 12, 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
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
A pair of jeans could easily be a size 10 by one brand and a size 14 in another, leaving customers confused and disheartened.
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025
He upended the sack into the bucket and seemed disheartened by the results.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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