disheartening

Word family  noun heart heartlessness heartiness adjective heartened ≠ disheartened heartening ≠ disheartening heartless hearty verb hearten ≠ dishearten adverb heartily heartlessly hearteningly ≠ dishearteningly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dis·heart·en·ing /dɪsˈhɑːtn-ɪŋ $ -ɑːr-/ adjective  HOPEmaking you lose hope and determination 令人灰心的，令人气馁的it is disheartening to hear/see etc something It’s disheartening to see what little progress has been made. 看到没取得什么进展令人感到灰心丧气。 —dishearteningly adverb

Examples from the Corpus

disheartening• Their data-gathering can be a disheartening exercise.• For many college graduates, job hunting can be a disheartening struggle.

dis·heart·en·ing adjectiveChineseSyllable  

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disheartening
dis‧heart‧en‧ing /dɪsˈhɑːtn-ɪŋ $ -ɑːr-/ adjectivemaking you lose hope and determination
    it is disheartening to hear/see etc something
    It’s disheartening to see what little progress has been made.
—dishearteningly adverb