disheartened
adjective, verb
disheartened is spelled D-I-S-H-E-A-R-T-E-N-E-D: 12 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, disheartened means “Discouraged, despairing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in disheartened?
| Letters | 12: D-I-S-H-E-A-R-T-E-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,336th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is disheartened?
Disheartened appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,336th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce disheartened?
- US
Disheartened has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-disheartened.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of disheartened
- more disheartened comparative
- most disheartened superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does disheartened mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Discouraged, despairing.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of dishearten
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does disheartened come from?
From the verb hearten.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).