Disheartening
Disheartening adjective - Destructive of morale and self-reliance.
Saddening and disheartening are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Saddening" instead an adjective "Disheartening".
Nearby Words: dishearten, disheartened
Saddening
Saddening adjective - Causing unhappiness.
Usage example: the saddening discovery that something is threatening the birds in the area
Disheartening and saddening are semantically related. You can use "Disheartening" instead an adjective "Saddening".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and disheartening
- melancholy and saddening
- dismal and disheartening
- dismal and saddening
- sad and disheartening
- sad and saddening
- black and disheartening
- black and saddening
- comfortless and disheartening
- comfortless and saddening
- desolate and disheartening
- desolate and saddening
- depressing and disheartening
- depressing and saddening
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