Disheartening
Disheartening adjective - Destructive of morale and self-reliance.
Unfortunate and disheartening are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unfortunate" instead an adjective "Disheartening".
Nearby Words: dishearten, disheartened
Unfortunate
Unfortunate adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.
Disheartening and unfortunate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Disheartening" instead an adjective "Unfortunate".
Nearby Word: unfortunately
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and disheartening
- melancholy and unfortunate
- dismal and disheartening
- dismal and unfortunate
- woeful and disheartening
- woeful and unfortunate
- grievous and disheartening
- grievous and unfortunate
- inauspicious and disheartening
- inauspicious and unfortunate
- sad and disheartening
- sad and unfortunate
- unhappy and disheartening
- unhappy and unfortunate
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