Antonyms for take heart

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hahrt

Phonetic Transcription : hɑrt

Definition of take heart

Origin : Old English heorte "heart; breast, soul, spirit, will, desire; courage; mind, intellect," from Proto-Germanic *khertan- (cf. Old Saxon herta, Old Frisian herte, Old Norse hjarta, Dutch hart, Old High German herza, German Herz, Gothic hairto), from PIE *kerd- "heart" (cf. Greek kardia, Latin cor, Old Irish cride, Welsh craidd, Hittite kir, Lithuanian širdis, Russian serdce "heart," Breton kreiz "middle," Old Church Slavonic sreda "middle").
Spelling with -ea- is c.1500, reflecting what then was a long vowel, and remained when pronunciation shifted. Most of the figurative senses were present in Old English, including "intellect, memory," now only in by heart. Heart attack attested from 1875; heart disease is from 1864. The card game hearts is so called from 1886.

As in perk up : verb cheer
As in dare : verb take a risk; be courageous
As in feel : verb experience
As in heed : verb give care, thought to
As in hope : verb long for, dream about

Example sentences :

It was impossible not to take heart, in the company of such a man as this.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

You can take heart in the thought that you are no longer alone.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

Take heart, Ralph Ray, most unselfish and long-suffering of men.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

The other bade him take heart and pointed to some of their hostages, as much as to say "Look there!"
Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon

Kindled by such words, they take heart and rally in dense array.
Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil

With such a manager, the friends of the Union in England began to take heart.
Extract from : « The Education of Henry Adams » by Henry Adams

I'll tell her; but I trust you won't die; take heart,—you're a brave fellow.
Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Take heart, brother, and come with me to the Isles du Castor.
Extract from : « Fort Amity » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

By ‘too late in Life’ I mean too late to take Heart to do it.
Extract from : « Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes » by Edward FitzGerald

People began to take heart though the fighting had not ceased.
Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Boston » by Amanda Millie Douglas

Synonyms for take heart

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