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• v  take away the enthusiasm of
• s  made less hopeful or enthusiastic
  the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest

• The detainee seems disheartened by her response.
• Other commission members were equally disheartened.
• The international aid community is disheartened by the prospect of another five years of a government that is infested with warlords and drug traffickers.

• dishearten
• put off
• demoralized
• demoralised
• discouraged

• hearten

News & Articles

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• George Takei's Facebook ghost writer feels guilty about letting the secret out
  By KATE STANTON, UPI.com Fans were disheartened to learn last week that George Takei has help with his witty Facebook posts.
  June 13, 2013 - UPI
• Group schedules Monday protest at Labrador office in Meridian
  A group disheartened by U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador's decision to walk away from the Gang of 8 trying to develop a bipartisan immigration plan, plans to hold a protest outside Labrador's Meridian office on Monday.
  June 9, 2013 - The Idaho Statesman
• LA Galaxy captain Landon Donovan critical of his team after latest defeat: "Status quo isn't cutting it"
  The LA Galaxy have lost six of their last eight games, all told, have conceded 10 times in the final 15 minutes of MLS games this season (and four more in CONCACAF Champions League), and have surrendered eight goals in successive losses in the past week.There's plenty with which to be frustrated, and the Galaxy is disappointed by all of it. But they are not disheartened.“It's a little bit like ...
  June 9, 2013 - MLS via Yahoo! Sports

Quotes

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• Calipari in ESPN
  I'm very disappointed and disheartened by the NCAA's findings,Calipari said in a statement. "I fully support the University of Memphis' appeal and until that process is carried through to its completion, I will have no further comments on...
• Tom Penders in Forbes
  I'm not disheartened by our team's performance because we gave it everything we had,Penders said. "We just didn't have enough depth."