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Disheartened vs Doleful - What's the difference?

disheartened | doleful | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between disheartened and doleful

is that disheartened is discouraged, despairing while doleful is filled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.

As a verb disheartened

is past tense of dishearten.

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

    doleful

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Filled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.
    • The doleful peal of the bell indicated another funeral was being held.