Downcast means feeling despondent. Disheartened is a synonym. Blithe is similar; it means showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered to be callous or improper." The rest of the words would be antonyms.
She was disheartened by the news that she didn't get the part she so dearly wanted.
To use disheartened in a sentence, you might say, "She felt disheartened after receiving a rejection letter from the job she had applied for." This term describes a feeling of discouragement or loss of hope.
"Disheartened" is a verb used with an object that means to have lost some hope. Someone who is disheartened is discouraged. "She was disheartened by the fact the he no longer called."
"She was disheartened by the fact he no longer called." "I was disheartened when I didn't get the role of Cinderella in the play." "She was so excited about the work she was doing that I did not want to dishearten her by telling her that we didn't need the report anymore." "Don't let his harsh attitude dishearten you." "The failure of her first attempt proved to dishearten her."
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Definitions of disheartened on the Web: * demoralized: made less hopeful or enthusiastic; "desperate demoralized people looking for work"; "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem ...wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn * Deprived of hope, despairingen.wiktionary.org/wiki/disheartened
A few synonyms would be: Abash, discouraged, disheartened, perplexed, put off, and many others. I would suggest Thesaurus.com to find good synonyms. It is an excellent source. Some antonyms would be encourage, or assure.
Some synonyms for the verb to despair are:despondloose faithloose heartsurrenderSome synonyms for the noun despair are:depressionhopelessnessanguishdespondencymelancholy
Disheartened is an antonym of heartened.
terrible.......... horrifying.......... bad...........
I am dejected (disheartened) by your answer to my question.