Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disheartened

/dɪshˈɑɹtənd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables
dis-heart-ened
IPA
/dɪshˈɑɹtənd/
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Discouraged, despairing.

verb

simple past and past participle of dishearten

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the verb hearten.

Inflected Forms

more disheartened (comparative) most disheartened (superlative)

Derived Forms

disheartenedly undisheartened

Synonyms

dejected dispirited down in the mouth sad down in the dumps downhearted atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless blue bummed out chapfallen

Rhymes With

heartened smartened

Questions

How do you pronounce disheartened?
The recorded pronunciation is /dɪshˈɑɹtənd/.
What does disheartened mean?
Discouraged, despairing.
Where does disheartened come from?
From the verb hearten.

How to pronounce disheartened

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