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- Dictionarydis·cour·aged/dəˈskərijd/
adjective
- 1. having lost confidence or enthusiasm; disheartened: "he must be feeling pretty discouraged"
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1. : to deprive of courage or confidence : dishearten. was discouraged by repeated failure. 2. a. : to hinder by disfavoring. trying to discourage absenteeism. b. : to dissuade or attempt to dissuade from doing something. tried to discourage her from going. discourageable. di-ˈskər-i-jə-bəl. -ˈskə-ri- adjective. discourager noun. discouragingly.
to try to prevent something from happening or someone from doing something, or to have the effect of making something less likely: We tried to discourage him from spending so much money. Higher taxes could discourage business investment.
having lost your confidence or enthusiasm for something: I think he felt discouraged because of all the criticism he'd received. Synonym. demoralized. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling sad and unhappy. a long face idiom. abjection. angsty. be cut up idiom. be down in the mouth idiom. be in a funk idiom. displeased. dissatisfied.
To dissuade or deter (someone) from doing something: My adviser discouraged me from applying to big universities. 3. To try to prevent by expressing disapproval or raising objections: The agency discouraged all travel to the areas hardest hit by the disease.
Discouraged definition: deprived of or lacking in courage, hope, or confidence. See examples of DISCOURAGED used in a sentence.
verb. deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged. see more. verb. admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior. synonyms: admonish, monish, warn. warn. notify of danger, potential harm, or risk. see more. Pronunciation. US. /dəˈskʌrɪdʒ/ UK. /dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ/ Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Discourage."
to try to prevent something from happening or someone from doing something, or to have the effect of making something less likely: We tried to discourage him from spending so much money. Higher taxes could discourage business investment.
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 try to prevent something or to prevent somebody from doing something, especially by making it difficult to do or by showing that you do not approve of it. discourage (doing) something a campaign to discourage investing in fossil fuel development.
1. to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dispirit. 2. to dissuade (usu. fol. by from). 3. to obstruct by opposition or difficulty; hinder. 4. to express disapproval of; frown upon.
