Disheartenment: alternatives and connections

To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; -- often with of.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated; as, the voters were kept from the polls by intimidatio…

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To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject.

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To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject.

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The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to…

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.