disˈheartened, ppl. a.
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
Discouraged, dispirited: see the verb.
| 1724 De Foe Mem. Cavalier (1840) 210 We were a disheartened army. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 517 The Whigs were a small and a disheartened minority. |
Hence disˈheartenedness, dispirited condition.
| a 1679 T. Goodwin Wks. II. i. 170 (R.) A disheartenedness and dejection of mind. 1863 Dicey Federal St. II. 273, I heard no cry of despair or disheartenedness. |