Dishearten vs Deject - What's the difference?
dishearten | deject | Synonyms |
Make sad or dispirited.
* Benjamin Franklin
(obsolete) To cast down.
* Udall
* Fuller
Dishearten is a synonym of deject.
As verbs the difference between dishearten and deject
is that dishearten is to discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage while deject is make sad or dispirited.dishearten
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Synonyms
* (to discourage) discourageAntonyms
* (to discourage) hearten English words with consonant pseudo-digraphsdeject
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Verb
- I pitied poor Miss Read's unfortunate situation. She was generally dejected , seldom cheerful, and avoided company.
- Christ dejected himself even unto the hells.
- Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look.