disheartening

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
disheartening
    adj 1: destructive of morale and self-reliance [syn:
           {demoralizing}, {demoralising}, {disheartening},
           {dispiriting}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
disheartening \disheartening\ adj.
   Causing loss of hope or enthusiasm.

   Syn: demoralizing, demoralising, dispiriting.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dishearten \Dis*heart"en\ (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'n), v. t. [imp. & p.
   p. {Disheartened} (d[i^]s*h[aum]rt"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Disheartening}.] [Pref. dis- + hearten.]
   To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the
   spirits of; to deject.
   [1913 Webster]

         Regiments . . . utterly disorganized and disheartened.
                                                  --Macaulay.

   Syn: To dispirit; discourage; depress; deject; deter;
        terrify.
        [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "disheartening":
      alarming, awing, black, bleak, chilling, daunting, depressant,
      depressing, depressive, despondent, deterrent, deterring,
      disappointing, disconcerting, discouraging, dismal, dismaying,
      dispiriting, displeasing, disquieting, dissatisfactory, down,
      dreary, fear-inspiring, fearful, fearsome, frightening, frightful,
      funereal, inadequate, incommensurate, insufficient,
      not good enough, oppressive, overawing, pessimistic, scaring,
      scary, somber, startling, unfulfilling, ungratifying,
      unsatisfactory, unsatisfying
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