dishearten

Many young voters say that would dishearten them.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

I began to wonder what we were going to find in this wasteland, but I didn’t want to say anything to dishearten Duncan.

From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024

In “On Fire,” Naomi Klein’s purpose is not to dishearten but to awaken us to the growing global movement called the Green New Deal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2023

Each day, 22 people die in want of organs, which should dishearten all Americans.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023

“Do not be dishearten, young bahss. Today, we will be foun, to be true.”

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

“It saddens me, it disgusts me and disheartens me,” Alvarez said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2023

"It disgusts me and disheartens me that people in our nation seem incapable of being decent people."

From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2022

It allows those who are responsible to remain unaccountable, and it disheartens those who seek to do the right thing.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2021

“These words have no place on News10NBC’s air, and the fact that we broadcast them disheartens and disgusts me; that it was not caught immediately is inexcusable,” he said in the statement.

From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2019

It heartens one's enemies and disheartens one's friends.

From Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative by Chapman Cohen

Markle had also remarked early on that she was disheartened that so much coverage of her romance focused on her ethnicity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Not everyone is disheartened by the military's successes.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

I am disheartened by the merely contemporary and hence indifferent to every fad.

From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026

The barren sands yielded nothing and the team, disheartened, headed back to their camp.

From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026

He upended the sack into the bucket and seemed disheartened by the results.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

What was really disheartening was the fact that day in and day out, they weren’t on the battlefield.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026

"It is disheartening to see news channels," said Sukhjeet Narula, 28, a software professional.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

“That’s really kind of disheartening — that we’ve tried our best to mitigate fires ... yet fires are destroying more homes,” said Amanda Carlson, a research scientist with the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

But despite that disheartening start, four-time Wimbledon semi-finalist Tim Henman believes British tennis remains in a "far better place" than the pre-Andy Murray wilderness of the mid to late 2000s.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Visitors keep one’s spirits up in prison, and the absence of them can be disheartening.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela