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disheartening
adjective as in appalling
adjective as in bleak
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adjective as in depressing
adjective as in disappointing
adjective as in discouraging
adjective as in dismal
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- afflictive
- black
- boring
- cheerless
- cloudy
- dark
- depressed
- desolate
- despondent
- dingy
- disagreeable
- dispiriting
- doleful
- dolorous
- forlorn
- frowning
- funereal
- gruesome
- hopeless
- in the pits
- inauspicious
- joyless
- lonesome
- lowering
- lugubrious
- melancholy
- monotonous
- morbid
- oppressive
- overcast
- shadowy
- somber
- sorrowful
- tedious
- tenebrous
- troublesome
- unfortunate
- unhappy
adjective as in dispiriting
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adjective as in frightening
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adjective as in funereal
adjective as in gloomy
adjective as in off
adjective as in oppressive
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adjective as in sad
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Example Sentences
Ashley Maggs, Jersey Airport's operations director, said the situation was disheartening but that it was working to ensure people travelling were not displaced.
"Instead of openness, cooperation and outward focus, the environment has too often felt toxic, exclusionary and deeply disheartening."
"It's so disheartening that politicians seem unable to learn the lessons from a decade of social media."
“It was disheartening to not see that in the stadium this year, when there was an even bigger problem going on.”
But beyond all the hype lies a disheartening reality: The business behind the stock has continued to struggle.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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