DISHEARTENING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DISHEARTENING?

Need another word that means the same as “disheartening”? Find 3 synonyms and 30 related words for “disheartening” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Disheartening” are: demoralising, demoralizing, dispiriting

Disheartening as an Adjective

Definitions of "Disheartening" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “disheartening” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Causing someone to lose determination or confidence; discouraging or dispiriting.
• Destructive of morale and self-reliance.

Synonyms of "Disheartening" as an adjective (3 Words)

demoralising	Destructive of morale and self-reliance.
demoralizing	Causing someone to lose confidence or hope; disheartening. The demoralizing effect of imprisonment.
dispiriting	Causing someone to lose enthusiasm and hope; disheartening. It was a dispiriting occasion.

Usage Examples of "Disheartening" as an adjective

• Her death is particularly disheartening because it was preventable.

Associations of "Disheartening" (30 Words)

browbeat	Intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words. A witness is being browbeaten under cross examination.
bully	A person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable. He did a bully job.
daunt	Cause to lose courage. Some people are daunted by technology.
demoralize	Cause (someone) to lose confidence or hope. The boss s behavior demoralized everyone in the office.
deprave	Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. This book would deprave and corrupt young children.
depress	Make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected. That first day at school depressed me.
deter	Prevent the occurrence of. Strategists think not only about how to deter war but about how war might occur.
deterrence	A negative motivational influence. Nuclear missiles remain the main deterrence against possible aggression.
discourage	Deprive of courage or hope take away hope from cause to feel discouraged. Tedious regulations could discourage investors.
dissuade	Turn away from by persuasion. His friends tried to dissuade him from flying.
embarrass	Cause to be embarrassed cause to feel self conscious. I do not apprehend that this case will be embarrassed by that decision.
faze	Disturb the composure of. She was not fazed by his show of anger.
fright	Frighten. I jumped up in fright.
frighten	Drive out by frightening. The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me.
frown	Furrow one’s brows in an expression indicating disapproval, displeasure, or concentration. Promiscuity was frowned upon.
hector	Talk to (someone) in a bullying way. She doesn t hector us about giving up things.
horror	Something that inspires horror something horrible. Horrors two buttons were missing.
intimidate	To compel or deter by or as if by threats. The forts are designed to intimidate the nationalist population.
intimidation	The feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid. The intimidation of witnesses and jurors.
marred	Blemished by injury or rough wear. Walls marred by graffiti.
menace	A threat or the act of threatening. A new initiative aimed at beating the menace of drugs.
overawe	Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats. The eleven year old was overawed by the atmosphere.
panic	Feel or cause to feel panic. The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners.
scare	Become scared. She has been given the all clear after a breast cancer scare.
scowl	An angry or bad-tempered expression. She scowled at him defiantly.
terrify	Cause to feel extreme fear. The thought terrifies me.
terror	Terrorism. His delivery is the terror of even world class batsmen.
threat	A menace of bodily harm, such as may restrain a person’s freedom of action. Members of her family have received death threats.
threaten	To be a menacing indication of something. Danger threatens.
unnerve	Make (someone) lose courage or confidence. The journey over the bridge had unnerved me.