- demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting - destructive of morale and self-reliance
Antonym: encouraging (indirect, via discouraging)
- 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