8059. When the editor refused to publish my first article, I was totally disheartened.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Displeased : feeling or showing annoyance and displeasure.

Discouraged : having lost confidence or enthusiasm; disheartened.

Dissatisfied : not content or happy with something.

Disturbed : having had the normal pattern or functioning disrupted.

Disheartened : cause (someone) to lose determination or confidence.

Synonym of Disheartened is Discouraged