It is
disheartening, for one naturally expects to find anything we seek a few minutes after starting out to seek it, and I confess that I expected to find my golden mistress within a very few hours of leaving home.
I can answer for it, he was a good man - as good as ever stepped upon a ship's deck - but he could not bear the feeling of a dead ship under his feet: the sickly,
disheartening feeling which the men of some "overdue" ships that come into harbour at last under a jury-rig must have felt, combated, and overcome in the faithful discharge of their duty.
So monotonous it was, so cheerless, so disheartening, so melancholy, that all longed, but in vain, for any variety, no matter how terrible it might be.
In place of these things was only a soundless gloom, more dreadful, more disheartening, more soul- killing than any concourse of sounds, no matter how full of fear and dread.
Even Toby, although not suffering as I did, was not proof against the
disheartening influences of the sight.
But that was destined to be for me a very
disheartening time.
Without a care to trouble her; abroad or at home, finding inexhaustible varieties of amusement; seeing new places, making new acquaintances--what a
disheartening contrast did Cecilia's happy life present to the life of her friend!
"This friend," I pursued, "is trying to get on in commercial life, but has no money, and finds it difficult and
disheartening to make a beginning.
"It's just incredibly sad and
disheartening that at an event that does so much good the community had to suffer from a tragedy like this," said Smithee.
Summary: The daily news of destruction caused by deluge and floods throughout India is most
disheartening. The loss of life, the injuries inflicted, ...
Summary: Lahore [Pakistan], Jun 17 (ANI): Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed on Monday said that his team's defeat at the hands of India in the World Cup match was disappointing and
disheartening and admitted that the team was not doing well in all the three departments--batting, bowling and fielding.
There is nothing more
disheartening than being hurt by someone you've gone to help."
