lose heart

lose heart
to despair, experience reduced morale

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  • lose heart — To become discouraged • • • Main Entry: ↑heart * * * lose heart phrase to stop believing that you can succeed He never lost heart, even though his rival was way ahead. Thesaurus: to lose hope, or to give up hopesynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • lose heart — {v. phr.} To feel discouraged because of failure; to lose hope of success. * /The team had won no games and it lost heart./ Contrast: TAKE HEART …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • lose heart — {v. phr.} To feel discouraged because of failure; to lose hope of success. * /The team had won no games and it lost heart./ Contrast: TAKE HEART …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • lose heart — If you lose heart, you stop believing that you can succeed in something, or lose your confidence, courage or conviction …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • lose heart — ► lose heart become discouraged. Main Entry: ↑lose …   English terms dictionary

  • lose heart — index languish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • lose heart — become discouraged She has begun to lose heart in her studies to learn the piano …   Idioms and examples

  • lose heart — to stop believing that you can succeed. Don t lose heart, there ll be plenty more chances for promotion …   New idioms dictionary

  • lose heart to — lose (your) heart (to (someone/something)) to fall in love. I lost my heart to airplanes when I was eight years old, and I ve wanted to be a pilot ever since …   New idioms dictionary

  • lose\ heart — v. phr. To feel discouraged because of failure; to lose hope of success. The team had won no games and it lost heart. Contrast: take heart …   Словарь американских идиом

  • lose heart — Synonyms and related words: abandon hope, become suicidal, despair, despair of, despond, droop, falter, give up, give up hope, give way, hit rock bottom, languish, lose hope, plumb the depths, reach the depths, sink, sink into despair, touch… …   Moby Thesaurus

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