Definition of Disheartens

1. Verb. (third-person singular of dishearten) ¹

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Definition of Disheartens

1. dishearten [v] - See also: dishearten

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disheartens

dishcloth
dishcloth gourd
dishcloths
dishclout
dishclouts
dishdasha
dishdashas
disheart
dishearted
dishearten
disheartened
disheartening
dishearteningly
disheartenment
disheartenments
disheartens
dishearting
dished
dished out
dished up
disheir
disheired
disheiring
disheirs
dishelm
dishelmed
dishelming
dishelms
disherison
disherit

Literary usage of Disheartens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Detroit, a Chronicle of Its Progress, Its Industries, Its by Paul Leake (1912)
"... is PROVISIONED FOR THE WINTER—APPROACH OF ENGLISH REINFORCEMENTS Disheartens THE SAVAGES AND THE YEAR'S SIEGE OF DETROIT is RAISED—DEATH OF PONTIAC. ..."

2. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings [of The] Annual Meeting by Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.), National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, National Conference of Social Work (U.S.) (1902)
"... in the eyes of foreign nations : it disheartens the best among us, and makes reform seem impossible. It not only impoverishes, but it disheartens and ..."

3. Socialism and Labor, and Other Arguments, Social, Political, and Patriotic by John Lancaster Spalding (1902)
"It not only stamps upon our name a brand of infamy in the eyes of foreign nations; it disheartens the best among us, and makes reform seem impossible. ..."

4. Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction, at the by National Conference of Charities and Correction (U.S.). Session (1902)
"not only stamps upon our name a brand of infamy in the eyes of foreign nations : it disheartens the best among us, and" makes reform seem impossible. ..."

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