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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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Discourage is a verb that means to deprive of courage or confidence, to hinder, or to dissuade. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for discourage.
Disencourage means to make someone feel less confident, enthusiastic, and positive about something, or less willing to do something. It also means to prevent or try to prevent something happening or someone doing something. See more meanings, synonyms, and usage examples of discourage.
Discouraged means having lost your confidence or enthusiasm for something. Find out how to pronounce it, see related words and phrases, and get translations in different languages.
Disencourage means to make someone feel less confident, enthusiastic, and positive about something, or less willing to do something. It also means to prevent or try to prevent something happening or someone doing something. See more meanings, synonyms, and usage examples.
Discouraged definition: deprived of or lacking in courage, hope, or confidence. See examples of DISCOURAGED used in a sentence.
Definitions of discouraged. adjective. lacking in resolution. “the accident left others discouraged about going there” synonyms: irresolute. uncertain how to act or proceed. adjective. made less hopeful or enthusiastic. “felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem” synonyms: demoralised, demoralized, disheartened. pessimistic.
When you discourage someone, you try to talk them out of doing something, by pointing out reasons why their planned action would be unwise. The verb discourage has roots in the French word descouragier, which comes from des-, meaning “away,” and corage, or “courage.”.
