disheartening

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Present participle of dishearten
Causing to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy; scare; discourage
destructive of morale and self-reliance
If something is disheartening, it makes you feel disappointed and less confident or less hopeful. making you lose hope and determination it is disheartening to hear/see etc sth
{s} discouraging, depressing, dispiriting
crushing

Oh, your dog has leukemia? That’s crushing.

demoralizing
demoralising
disspiriting
dishearten
{v} to discourage, cast down, terrify
dishearten
To discourage; to deprive of courage and hope; to depress the spirits of; to deject
dishearten
take away the enthusiasm of
dishearten
To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
dishearten
{f} discourage, depress, dispirit
disheartening
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