Synonyms for disheartening

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1. demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting(adj)

   destructive of morale and self-reliance

   Synonyms:
   demoralizing, dispiriting, demoralising

   Antonyms:
   encouraging

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1. List of paraphrases for "disheartening":

   discouraging, depressing, disappointing, daunting, demotivating, distressing, frustrating

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How to use disheartening in a sentence?

1. Read More'It:

   The levels of sexism and racism are disheartening -- and examples have come out so openly now with incidents like swastikas in schools, it feels important to do something.

2. Lucy Gomez-Feliciano:

   It’s very disheartening as a community resident and an organizer to see such a disconnect and a lack of commitment to addressing the issue of displacement.

3. Erin Walters:

   That is so disheartening on so many levels because we’re placing such a high value on being entertained for a moment, it seems selfish for that to be a priority when we have so many other social services suffering right now.

4. Gavin Gibbons:

   It's not only disturbing, it's disheartening because our companies have zero tolerance for labor abuses, these type of things flourish in the shadows.

5. Joseph Joubert:

   Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

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