Other forms: disheartened, disheartening
To dishearten is to take away somebody's hope and courage. Disheartened by the result, do not be disheartened, a disheartening report.
It is used mostly in the passive and in the participle, and do not be disheartened is what people say when something has gone badly. The heart in it is the seat of courage, which is the same idea as in encourage, its exact opposite.
1verbdisheartenTo take away somebody's hope and courage.
“Don't let one bad review dishearten you; keep writing.”
dishearten is a discouraging.
From dis- + hearten.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA