- demoralized, demoralised, discouraged, disheartened - made less hopeful or enthusiastic; "desperate demoralized people looking for work"; "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem"; "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest"
Antonym: optimistic (indirect, via pessimistic)
- dishearten, put off - take away the enthusiasm of
--1 is one way to discourage
Antonyms: cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun disheartenment1, noun disheartenment2
The performance is likely to dishearten Sue
The bad news will dishearten him