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Verb: dishearten  dis'haa(r)-t(u)n
  1. Discourage or cause to lose confidence or enthusiasm
    "But what was there to dishearten the spirit?";
    - put off

Derived forms: disheartening, disheartened, disheartens

Type of: discourage, frustrate

Antonym: recreate