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1. (v.t.) discourage
to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dispirit.
2. discourage
to dissuade (usu. fol. by from).
3. discourage
to obstruct by opposition or difficulty; hinder.
4. discourage
to express disapproval of; frown upon.
5. (v.i.) discourage
to become discouraged.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME discoragen < MF descorager, OF descoragier)
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| Definition of 'discourage' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) deter, discourage
try to prevent; show opposition to
"We should discourage this practice among our youth"
2. (verb) discourage
deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
3. (verb) warn, discourage, admonish, monish
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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1. (verb) discourage
≠ encourage
punishments to discourage bad behavior; to discourage them from coming
2. discourage
to make sb feel less confident; = dishearten
The failures had discouraged him.
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| Definition of 'discourage' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) discourage
lack of courage; cowardliness
2. (verb) discourage
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
3. (verb) 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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Sense: to take away the confidence, hope etc of
His lack of success discouraged him.
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 Afrikaans: ontmoedig, afskrik |
 Arabic: يُثَبِّطُ العَزيمَه |
 Bulgarian: обезсърчавам |
 Brazilian: desanimar |
 Czech: odradit, zbavit odvahy |
 German: entmutigen |
 Danish: tage modet fra |
 Greek: αποθαρρύνω |
 Spanish: desanimar, desalentar |
 Estonian: (ära) heidutama |
 Farsi: ناامید کردن؛ دلسرد کردن |
 Finnish: lannistaa |
 French: décourager |
 Hebrew: לְיָיאֵש, לְרַפּוֹת יְדֵי |
 Hindi: हतोत्साहित करना |
 Croatian: obeshrabriti, odvraćati |
 Hungarian: elkedvetlenít |
 Indonesian: menurunkan semangat |
 Icelandic: draga kjarkút |
 Italian: scoraggiare |
 Japanese: がっかりさせる |
 Korean: 용기를 잃게 하다 |
 Lithuanian: atimti pasitikėjimą savim |
 Latvian: laupīt drosmi/cerību |
 Malay: menawarkan |
 Dutch: ontmoedigen |
 Norwegian: ta motet fra, avskrekke |
 Polish: zniechęcać |
 Persian: ناامید کردن؛ دلسرد کردن |
 Pashto: دلسرده كول، زړه ورتورول: |
 Portuguese: desanimar |
 Romanian: a descuraja |
 Russian: обескураживать |
 Slovak: znechutiť |
 Slovenian: pogum vzeti |
 Serbian: obeshrabriti |
 Swedish: göra modfälld |
 Thai: ทำให้หมดกำลังใจ |
 Turkish: cesaretini kırmak |
 Taiwanese: 使洩氣 |
 Ukrainian: знеохочувати, розхолоджув |
 Urdu: ہمت پست کرنا |
 Vietnamese: làm nhụt chí |
 Chinese: 使泄气 |
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