Word: disheartened
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: dis
hear
tened
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of dishearten; take away the enthusiasm of
Morphemes:
Affix: dis-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: reversal or removal
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dis-
Language: la
Decoded: dis-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: reversal, removal
Affix: heart
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage.
Affix: -en
Language: en
Meaning: inchoative
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.