disheartenment
Loss of hope
Disheartenment is the state of having lost confidence, enthusiasm, or hope.
It's the noun form of dishearten—what you feel after repeated setbacks or discouraging news: After months of rejected applications, disheartenment set in.
The word suggests a draining of spirit rather than sudden despair.
Loss of confidence
- dispiritedHaving lost heart
- dejectionState of lowness
- demotivationLoss of drive
- deflationSustained decrease in prices
sapping · undermining · weakening · disempowerment · broken spirit · dampened · resignation · giving up
State of emotional pain
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
heaviness · downheartedness · crestfallen · woe · mournfulness · low spirits · heavyheartedness · dolor
State without hope
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
- forlornnessMiserable isolation of spirit
- desperationUtter loss of hope
gloom · darkness · emptiness · desolation · anguish · misery · wretchedness · futility
Loss of cherished belief
- disappointmentSadness from unmet expectations
- letdownFailure to satisfy expectations
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
shattered dreams · dashed hopes · anticlimax · disbelief · awakening · reality check · souring · jadedness
discouragement
Loss of confidence
- dispiritedHaving lost heart
- dejectionState of lowness
- demotivationLoss of drive
deflation · sapping · undermining · weakening · disempowerment · broken spirit · dampened · resignation · giving up
sadness
State of emotional pain
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
heartache · heaviness · downheartedness · crestfallen · woe · mournfulness · low spirits · heavyheartedness · dolor · pang
hopelessness
State without hope
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
- forlornnessMiserable isolation of spirit
desperation · gloom · darkness · emptiness · desolation · anguish · misery · wretchedness · futility · meaninglessness
disenchantment
Loss of cherished belief
- disappointmentSadness from unmet expectations
- letdownFailure to satisfy expectations
- betrayalBreaking of trust
cynicism · shattered dreams · dashed hopes · anticlimax · disbelief · awakening · reality check · souring · jadedness · fallen idol
setback
Reverse in progress
collapse · overthrow · beaten · vanquished · crushed · thwarted · undone · reversal · stumble · blow
- discouragementdiscouragement, dejection, defeatism, disappointment, letdown
- defeatismdefeatism, giving up, hopelessness, resignation, capitulation
- letdownsletdown, disappointment, anticlimax, dud, flop
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, sorrowful, heartbroken
disheartenmentencouragement
Support spurring continued effort
hope · optimism · hopefulness · elation · cheerfulness
disheartenmentinspiration
Source of creative impulse
encouragement · emboldening · heartening · invigoration · uplift
heart, hearty, heartfelt, heartless, hearten, heartily, disheartened, dishearten, heartening