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disheartening

/dis-hahr-tn-ing/US // dɪsˈhɑr tn ɪŋ //

令人沮丧的,不令人满意的,令人沮丧,不令人满意

Related Words

dismay惊愕,惊恐,惊恐不安,错愕discourage劝阻,劝告,阻止,劝说dispirit精神,魂魄,魂飞魄散,消极humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的deter遏止,阻止,阻吓,遏阻deject颓废,沮丧,颓丧,颓废的daunt艰辛,艰巨,畏惧,艰巨的demoralize受挫,受挫折,受挫折感,动摇humiliate羞辱,侮辱,侮辱性的,辱骂crush粉碎,碾压,压碎,破碎dampen沾湿,沾沾自喜,沾湿了,润湿damp潮湿的,湿润的,受潮,潮湿dash冲刺,冲冲冲,破折号,冲刺一下shake晃动,摇晃,抖动,震动disparage贬低,诋毁,贬损,贬低他人chill寒冷的,寒冷,寒意,寒气indispose滞留,滞销,滞纳金,滞销品disincline弃权,厌弃,厌恶,拒绝接受get down下来,下来吧,趴下,下去put down撂倒,放下,撂下,撂倒了

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : depressing a person’s hope, courage, or spirits; discouraging:It's been disheartening to see some of her old habits and fears returning, even though they aren't as bad as when she was much younger.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdepress, ruin one's hopes
Synonyms
daunt艰辛,艰巨,畏惧,艰巨的deject颓废,沮丧,颓丧,颓废的demoralize受挫,受挫折,受挫折感,动摇deter遏止,阻止,阻吓,遏阻discourage劝阻,劝告,阻止,劝说dismay惊愕,惊恐,惊恐不安,错愕dispirit精神,魂魄,魂飞魄散,消极humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的humiliate羞辱,侮辱,侮辱性的,辱骂chill寒冷的,寒冷,寒意,寒气crush粉碎,碾压,压碎,破碎damp潮湿的,湿润的,受潮,潮湿dampen沾湿,沾沾自喜,沾湿了,润湿dash冲刺,冲冲冲,破折号,冲刺一下disincline弃权,厌弃,厌恶,拒绝接受disparage贬低,诋毁,贬损,贬低他人indispose滞留,滞销,滞纳金,滞销品shake晃动,摇晃,抖动,震动cast down抛下,投下,丢弃,扔下get down下来,下来吧,趴下,下去put a damper on遏止,遏止了,遏阻,遏止住了put down撂倒,放下,撂下,撂倒了throw a pall over阴霾笼罩,笼罩,阴霾笼罩着,笼罩着

Examples

  • Because Walters's story of triumph is the prime thread of the documentary it overshadows the more disheartening stories.

  • Nevertheless, it's somewhat disheartening to see so relatively tame a documentary provoking such heated reactions.

  • Elaine McIntosh and Isis Cox endured an even more disheartening ride from Buffalo.

  • Nguyen uses magic realism to tell this story, mixing the surreal with the real, to effectively tell the disheartening tale.

  • The sight of him was made all the more disheartening by the thought of everything Etan Patz might have become.

  • She poured out some chocolate, took it hurriedly, and quitted the room, leaving her husband in a disheartening reverie.

  • Things are going on here in their usual gently disheartening gait.

  • At first sight it seems disheartening to find that physicians are so easily humbugged.

  • We explored almost every bay and inlet we came across, but of course always with the same disheartening result.

  • The condition of these articles, too, is most disheartening.

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