I am disheartened to inform vs I am saddened to inform you

Both phrases are correct and commonly used in English. They convey a similar meaning of feeling unhappy or disappointed while delivering information. The choice between them depends on personal preference or the level of formality desired.

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I am disheartened to inform

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to express a feeling of discouragement or disappointment while delivering information.

This phrase is suitable for formal or serious situations where the speaker wants to convey a sense of deep disappointment or discouragement while sharing information.

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I am disheartened to inform
At the same time, I am disheartened to see how wide the opposition to this is.
I am disheartened because I have not been able to repay you in any way.
I do not mean to appear I am disheartened. Gravely so.
I am disheartened, and find myself grasping to reach my creative Aladdin these past months.
John Updike, Walter Cronkite, Michael Jackson, and now Senator Kennedy. I am disheartened, and find myself grasping to reach my creative Aladdin these past months.
So I was deeply disheartened to hear of this proposal for an observatory.
No one is more shocked and disheartened to learn of Mr. Ambruso's infidelity than Cyrus Beene.
That morning, I turned on the television set and was disheartened to see that a large crowd had already gathered in Times Square.
Don't be disheartened, for I am at your side.
You wouldn't think a three-year-old could even be depressed, but there I was, too disheartened to even move.
Part of my mandate is implementing a whole new direction for this ward, a new customer-centric service model with data-driven metrics to assess progress, so I was a bit disheartened to arrive and see such fundamental chaos.
Would you not be sad, cast down, discouraged and disheartened to see the violence and murder and corruption go on?
Defeat at the castle seems to have utterly disheartened King Arthur.
I have to admit I was quite disheartened.
Judge Forer quits, and Ms. Dewey in completely disheartened.
Disheartened over the controversy, Chambers left Columbia in 1925.
Attacks from numerous medical experts, especially articles in The Lancet, disheartened Bodington and he turned to plans for housing the insane.
This staggering defeat disheartened the Gothic force, which immediately abandoned the siege of Ancona and withdrew.
Despite her cheeky personality, inside she is a bit disheartened about having no esper potential.
A lot of us came back disheartened.

Alternatives:

I am saddened to inform
I regret to inform
I am sorry to inform
I am disappointed to inform
I am disheartened to say

I am saddened to inform you

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to express a feeling of sadness while delivering information.

This phrase is suitable for conveying a sense of sorrow or regret when sharing news or information with someone.

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I am saddened to inform you
Your Honor, I am saddened to announce that just moments ago, a Deputy Sheriff was shot and killed.
I am saddened to report the King's health has not improved.
But I am saddened to see what it has become... a cheap carnival that celebrates greedy and trivial humans.
Due to recent fluctuations in my judgment, and the once in a lifetime mistake of trusting another human being, I am saddened to announce massive layoffs.
Mr President, I am saddened to be addressing the House yet again concerning a distinct lack of democracy and human rights in a third country, namely Indonesia.
I am saddened to see that the Members of the Court of Auditors do not apparently respect this kind of agreement.
I am saddened to say that there are reports of prisoners being removed from within the EU to outside countries, for evidence to be extracted by the use of torture.
I am saddened to see so many families fall into the abyss!
I am saddened to say that I sent the following email (slightly edited below) to the generous, wonderful supporters who contributed to my Hook to Heal fundraising campaign
BUT I AM SADDENED TO SEE WHAT IT HAS BECOME -
I am saddened to see you a prisoner.
I am saddened to see you a prisoner.
Although I will be pleased if our findings and recommendations are at least partially realised, I am saddened to note that a fire-fighting approach is being taken to tackle these difficulties.
I am deeply saddened to hear about your misfortune.
"I am deeply saddened to learn of the murder," Obama said.
I am deeply saddened to have to tell you that early this morning your classmate Laura Palmer was found dead.
Former band mate Carl Palmer said: I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of my good friend and brother-in-music, Keith Emerson.
I am saddened and disgusted as to what happened down there, but we are not to blame.
And I am deeply saddened for him to be losing it.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am saddened and dismayed to have to inform you today that, last weekend, more than 300 people were drowned when a number of refugee boats went down in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya.

Alternatives:

I am disheartened to inform
I regret to inform
I am sorry to inform
I am disappointed to inform
I am saddened to say

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