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disˈheartened, ppl. a.
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
Discouraged, dispirited: see the verb.
1724De Foe Mem. Cavalier (1840) 210 We were a disheartened army. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 517 The Whigs were a small and a disheartened minority.
Hence disˈheartenedness, dispirited condition.
a1679T. Goodwin Wks. II. i. 170 (R.) A disheartenedness and dejection of mind. 1863Dicey Federal St. II. 273, I heard no cry of despair or disheartenedness. |