lose heart
Give up hope
To lose heart is to become discouraged or give up hope.
The phrase treats the heart as the seat of courage and determination—when you lose it, your resolve fails: After months of rejection letters, she began to lose heart.
Often appears with negation as encouragement: Don't lose heart; things will improve.
Having lost confidence or enthusiasm
- demoralizedStripped of confidence
- dispiritedHaving lost heart
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
- downcastSad or despondent
dejected · dismayed · deflated · despondent · daunted · dampened · demotivated · let down
Stop attempting something
- give inCease resistance, concede
- quitCease doing something
- capitulateYield under pressure
- yieldProduce or relinquish
submit · succumb · concede · throw in the towel · raise the white flag · fold · buckle · back down
Beyond possibility of success
- despairTotal absence of hope
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
distress · sorrow · misery · woe · grief · melancholy · gloom · bleakness
Consent to receive
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
- stoicismUncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
- passivityState of non-resistance
detachment · indifference · withdrawal · apathy · numbness · listlessness · defeatism · world-weariness
discouraged
Having lost confidence or enthusiasm
- demoralizedStripped of confidence
- dispiritedHaving lost heart
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
downcast · dejected · dismayed · deflated · despondent · daunted · dampened · demotivated · let down · brought low
give up
Stop attempting something
- give inCease resistance, concede
- quitCease doing something
- capitulateYield under pressure
yield · submit · succumb · concede · throw in the towel · raise the white flag · fold · buckle · back down · cave in
hopeless
Beyond possibility of success
- despairTotal absence of hope
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
- anguishIntense mental suffering
heartache · distress · sorrow · misery · woe · grief · melancholy · gloom · bleakness · crushed
acceptance
Consent to receive
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
- stoicismUncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
passivity · detachment · indifference · withdrawal · apathy · numbness · listlessness · defeatism · world-weariness · disillusionment
lose hearttake heart
Gain courage or confidence
persevere · keep going · press on · soldier on · hang in there
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