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Disheartened vs Dishearten - What's the difference?

disheartened | dishearten |

As verbs the difference between disheartened and dishearten

is that disheartened is (dishearten) while dishearten is to discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.

As an adjective disheartened

is discouraged, despairing.

disheartened

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Discouraged, despairing.
  • * 2004 , , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage :
    • He refused to get disheartened , even when all 50 writers polled by Newsweek predicted he would lose.

    Synonyms

    * dejected, dispirited, down in the mouth, sad, down in the dumps

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dishearten)
    • English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs

    dishearten

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.

    • Synonyms

    * (to discourage) discourage

    Antonyms

    * (to discourage) hearten English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs