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verb (used with object)
1.
to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
2.
to dissuade (usually followed by from).
3.
to obstruct by opposition or difficulty; hinder: Low prices discourage industry.
4.
to express or make clear disapproval of; frown upon: to discourage the expression of enthusiasm.
verb (used without object)
5.
to become discouraged: a person who discourages easily.
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Discouraged
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English discoragen < Middle French descorager, Old French descoragier. See dis-1, courage
1400–50; late Middle English discoragen < Middle French descorager, Old French descoragier. See dis-1, courage
Related forms
dis·cour·ag·er, noun
dis·cour·age·a·ble, adjective
dis·cour·ag·ing·ly, adverb
o·ver·dis·cour·age, verb (used with object), o·ver·dis·cour·aged, o·ver·dis·cour·ag·ing.
pre·dis·cour·age, verb (used with object), pre·dis·cour·aged, pre·dis·cour·ag·ing.
EXPANDun·dis·cour·age·a·ble, adjective
un·dis·cour·aged, adjective
un·dis·cour·ag·ing, adjective
un·dis·cour·ag·ing·ly, adverb
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. daunt, depress, deject, overawe, cow, abash. Discourage, dismay, intimidate mean to dishearten or frighten. To discourage is to dishearten by expressing disapproval or by suggesting that a contemplated action or course will probably fail: He was discouraged from going into business. To dismay is to dishearten completely: Her husband's philandering dismayed her. To intimidate is to frighten, as by threats of force, violence, or dire consequences: to intimidate a witness.
1. daunt, depress, deject, overawe, cow, abash. Discourage, dismay, intimidate mean to dishearten or frighten. To discourage is to dishearten by expressing disapproval or by suggesting that a contemplated action or course will probably fail: He was discouraged from going into business. To dismay is to dishearten completely: Her husband's philandering dismayed her. To intimidate is to frighten, as by threats of force, violence, or dire consequences: to intimidate a witness.
Antonyms
1. encourage.
1. encourage.
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Example Sentences
- Such levies discouraged some people from risking self-employment.
- What they cannot understand is being discouraged from paying for those drugs themselves.
- Frightened by political repression and discouraged by their homeland's bleak economy, the students are.
WordNet
| discouraged | |
adjective | |
| 1. | 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" [syn: demoralized] |
| 2. | lacking in resolution; "the accident left others discouraged about going there" |
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