disheartening
dis‧heart‧en‧ing /dɪsˈhɑːtn-ɪŋ $ -ɑːr-/
adjective
it is disheartening to hear/see etc something
It’s disheartening to see what little progress has been made.
—dishearteningly adverb
dis‧heart‧en‧ing /dɪsˈhɑːtn-ɪŋ $ -ɑːr-/
adjective Word Family: adjective: heartened ≠ disheartened, heartening ≠ disheartening, heartless, hearty; noun: heart, heartlessness, heartiness; adverb: heartily, heartlessly, hearteningly ≠ dishearteningly; verb: hearten ≠ dishearten
making you lose hope and determinationit is disheartening to hear/see etc something
—dishearteningly adverb