Etymology: [ dis-'k&r-ij, -'k&-rij ] (transitive verb.) 15th century. Middle English discoragen, from Middle French descorager, from Old French descoragier, from des- dis- + corage courage.
Synonyms: beat, beat-down, blue, caved-in, come-apart, crestfallen, dashed, daunted, depressed, deterred, dismayed, dispirited, down, downbeat, downcast, down-in-mouth, glum, gone to pieces, in a funk
lacking in resolution; "the accident left others discouraged about going there, Past tense of to discourage, lacking in resolution; "the accident left others discouraged about going there", no longer having the confidence you need to continue doing something = demoralized, dispirited; deprived of hope or confidence; dissuaded from, made less hopeful or enthusiastic; "desperate demoralized people looking for work"; "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem"; "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest", To persuade somebody not to do something, To take away or reduce the courage of, To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt, cause to lose heart; deter, dissuade; show disapproval of, To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts, To discourage an action or to discourage someone from doing it means to make them not want to do it. typhoons that discouraged shopping and leisure activities. a campaign to discourage children from smoking. = deter encourage, Lack of courage; cowardliness, try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth", If someone or something discourages you, they cause you to lose your enthusiasm about your actions. It may be difficult to do at first. Don't let this discourage you. = dishearten encourage + discouraged dis·cour·aged She was determined not to be too discouraged. + discouraging dis·cour·ag·ing Today's report is rather more discouraging for the economy, deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged, admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet",
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lacking in resolution; "the accident left others discouraged about going there
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Past tense of to discourage
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lacking in resolution; "the accident left others discouraged about going there"
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no longer having the confidence you need to continue doing something = demoralized
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dispirited; deprived of hope or confidence; dissuaded from sıfat
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made less hopeful or enthusiastic; "desperate demoralized people looking for work"; "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem"; "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest"
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discourage
To persuade somebody not to do something - "Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can (Abraham Lincoln )"
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discourage
To take away or reduce the courage of
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To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt
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discourage
cause to lose heart; deter, dissuade; show disapproval of fiil
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discourage
To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts
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discourage
To discourage an action or to discourage someone from doing it means to make them not want to do it. typhoons that discouraged shopping and leisure activities. a campaign to discourage children from smoking. = deter encourage
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discourage
Lack of courage; cowardliness
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discourage
try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth"
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discourage
If someone or something discourages you, they cause you to lose your enthusiasm about your actions. It may be difficult to do at first. Don't let this discourage you. = dishearten encourage + discouraged dis·cour·aged She was determined not to be too discouraged. + discouraging dis·cour·ag·ing Today's report is rather more discouraging for the economy
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discourage
deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
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discourage
admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"
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