- present participle of dishearten.
disheartening
Example Sentences
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Disheartening as this dash of cold water might be to Europe's neutralists and for-lorn-hopers, Russia's tough words were considered downright encouraging in some ways by Western diplomats.
From Time Magazine Archive
Disheartening though this information was, the convention voted to continue its activities.
From Time Magazine Archive
Disheartening to the Federal Farm Board were figures on the 1931 winter wheat crop, issued last week by the Department of Agriculture.
From Time Magazine Archive
Disheartening as De Gaulle's long view might seem to many of his countrymen, nothing else seemed to promise quicker relief.
From Time Magazine Archive
Disheartening work!—we all know it, this circumventing of Chaos.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
