dishearten

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• A third and fourth friend in the vicinity was appealed to with the same dishearten- ing reply of a story of wholesale spoliation. —  Edison, His Life and Inventions
• A particular case in this vein that early in life can dishearten is when toys are outgrown in childhood. —  Analog April, 1971
• The men remaining with Lee were those whom no peril of the cause in which they were fighting could dishearten or prompt to desert or even temporarily absent themselves from the Southern standard; and this corps d' elite was devoted wholly to their commander. —  A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee
• Heredity bugaboos dishearten, enervate, encourage excesses and neglect. —  Civics and Health
• I've often heard her repeat it to Grandma, who invariably snorts and says something to dishearten or humiliate the poor humble darling who thinks so much of the Hillard and James families, and so little of herself Opening the door, which rings a bell of its own accord, you walk straight into the drawing-room, or hall. —  The Heather-Moon

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