Disheartening
Disheartening adjective - Destructive of morale and self-reliance.
Grievous and disheartening are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Grievous" instead an adjective "Disheartening".
Nearby Words: dishearten, disheartened
Grievous
Grievous adjective - Difficult to endure.
Disheartening and grievous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Disheartening" instead an adjective "Grievous".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and disheartening
- melancholy and grievous
- dismal and disheartening
- dismal and grievous
- woeful and disheartening
- woeful and grievous
- severe and disheartening
- severe and grievous
- unfortunate and disheartening
- unfortunate and grievous
- sad and disheartening
- sad and grievous
- miserable and disheartening
- miserable and grievous
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