Disheartened by three failed trials, the chemist nevertheless recorded every measurement, and the fourth attempt finally succeeded.
尽管三次试验失败令这位化学家心灰意冷，他仍记录了每一项测量数据，第四次尝试终于成功。
Which choice best defines “disheartened”?
B — Having lost confidence or hope. “disheartened” means having lost confidence or hope.
Which word means “having lost confidence or hope”?
A — disheartened. “disheartened” means having lost confidence or hope.
disheartened — having lost confidence or hope. In Chinese: 灰心的.
disheartened is pronounced /dɪsˈhɑːrtənd/.
Disheartened by three failed trials, the chemist nevertheless recorded every measurement, and the fourth attempt finally succeeded. (尽管三次试验失败令这位化学家心灰意冷，他仍记录了每一项测量数据，第四次尝试终于成功。)
discouraged, dispirited, demoralized — all close in meaning to disheartened (having lost confidence or hope).
encouraged, heartened — each the opposite of disheartened (having lost confidence or hope).
Yes. disheartened is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.