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Causing a person to be demoralized or lose heart

Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

Suggestive of bad luck or misfortune

Frighteningly repellent or disturbing

Weakening of one's sense of worth, strength, or authority

Present participle for to discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage

Present participle for to fill with distress or alarm

Present participle for to greatly offend or outrage someone

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Adjective

Causing a person to be demoralized or lose heart

demoralising^UK

demoralizing^US

unfavourable^UK

heart-wrenching

not encouraging

disadvantageous

poverty-stricken

antagonizing^US

antagonising^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

emotionally moving

extremely upsetting

arousing affect

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“The incident is particularly disheartening because it was preventable.”

Adjective

Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

full of hardship

down in the dumps

down in the mouth

full of despair

looking on the black side

poverty-stricken

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“The faculty is working under adverse and disheartening conditions, which should be alleviated if we are to continue to have an efficient and loyal organization.”

Adjective

Suggestive of bad luck or misfortune

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

behind the eightball

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“Certainly, he may have verbalized about a disheartening circumstance, but never did he belittle or disown any of us for foolish and dumb mistakes.”

Adjective

Frighteningly repellent or disturbing

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

very unpleasant

less-than-stellar

dissatisfactory

poverty-stricken

not up to snuff

not up to scratch

beyond the pale

unfavourable^UK

too horrible for words

indescribably bad

beyond description

indescribably wicked

indescribably evil

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“The satiric portraiture opens the poem with its cold and disheartening images of murder, witchcraft, and abortion.”

Noun

Weakening of one's sense of worth, strength, or authority

demoralisation^UK

demoralization^US

marginalisation^UK

marginalization^US

Verb

Present participle for to discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage

demoralising^UK

demoralizing^US

weighing heavily on

knocking sideways

knocking for six

making someone fed up

giving someone the blues

making downhearted

knocking the stuffing out of

throwing cold water on

making dejected

putting a damper on

pouring cold water on

making despondent

breaking one's heart

dampening spirits

taking the wind out of your sails

bringing tears to your eyes

reducing to tears

dampening the spirits of

casting a gloom upon

making miserable

putting into a funk

making discontented

making desolate

causing suffering to

breaking someone's heart

casting a shadow

taking the wind out

bearing down on

bringing down to earth

knocking the wind out of

harshing someone's mellow

harshing one's mellow

casting a pall over

discountenancing

dashing the hopes of

taking the heart out of

breaking the heart of

causing anguish to

making wretched

shattering the illusions of

cutting to the quick

causing to lose heart

giving someone the hump

casting a gloom on

arousing sympathy

letting wind out of sails

tugging at the heart

taking down a peg or two

cutting down to size

tugging at your heartstrings

getting on your nerves

having had enough

trying the patience of

losing patience

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“The news would perhaps dishearten walkers and joggers on Race Course and Nehru Stadium.”

Verb

Present participle for to fill with distress or alarm

demoralising^UK

demoralizing^US

discountenancing

throwing off balance

knocking for six

knocking sideways

putting the wind up

filling with consternation

throwing into a tizzy

putting someone off their stroke

scaring to death

striking terror into

chilling to the bone

curdling the blood

making one's hair stand on end

making teeth chatter

making one's blood run cold

discombobulating

filling with fear

scaring witless

scaring the pants off

scaring the bejesus out of

giving someone goose pimples

scaring someone out of their wits

chilling to the marrow

giving someone the heebie-jeebies

scaring the living daylights out of

putting the fear of God into

putting into a flap

freezing your blood

getting the wind up

throwing into a blue funk

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

throwing into a tizz

throwing into a fright

making one's flesh creep

giving one the creeps

scaring someone half to death

making someone jump out of their skin

causing someone to lose their composure

scaring the daylights out of

causing disquiet to

turning on the heat

throwing into a panic

pressurizing^US

pressurising^UK

frightening the living daylights out of

frightening to death

frightening the life out of

filling with terror

riding roughshod over

using strong-arm tactics on

giving someone a fright

making someone's hair stand on end

making someone shake in their shoes

sending into a cold sweat

scaring the life out of

scaring the hell out of

frightening someone out of their wits

striking terror in

inspiring panic in

frightening out of your wits

frightening away

scaring the pants off of

putting heat on

giving a hard time

knocking for a loop

becoming horror-stricken

becoming horror-struck

giving someone a jolt

blinding someone with something

frightening off

taking your breath away

destabilizing^US

making someone jump out of his skin

destabilising^UK

traumatizing^US

making flesh crawl

traumatising^UK

throwing into disarray

paralysing with fear

striking fear into

pulling the rug from under

pulling the rug out from under

filling with panic

rattling one's cage

putting someone off their stride

putting out of countenance

knocking props out

throwing a curve

making restless

uttering threats to

issuing threats to

whipping around

scaring hell out of

inconveniencing

lording it over

holding a gun to one's head

putting through the wringer

putting the chill on

twisting one's arm

causing anxiety to

putting pressure on

putting the squeeze on

putting under an obligation

using pressure on

bringing pressure to bear on

putting the screws on

riding roughshod

getting someone

rocking the boat

giving someone grief

playing the heavy with

treating harshly

walking all over

hurting somebody's feelings

getting on your wick

giving someone the creeps

making your gorge rise

making someone want to throw up

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Verb

Present participle for to greatly offend or outrage someone

scandalising^UK

scandalizing^US

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