discourage

Speech parts

1. discourage - Noun

2. discourage - Verb

Meaning

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.

To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts.

Lack of courage; cowardliness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

deter dissuade depress prevent stop check inhibit crush warn hinder restrain impede dampen admonish monish
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Antonyms

encourage hector badger derrick kindle harry
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Hypernyms

rede reject counsel advise disapprove

Hyponyms

dismay intimidate depress demoralize dishearten dispirit

Phrases with the word

discourage from

Derivatives

discouraged discouraging

Examples

I warned him not to go too far Source: Internet

I warn you against false assumptions Source: Internet

She warned him to be quiet Source: Internet

We should discourage this practice among our youth Source: Internet

According to Abrams, writing in excess one day can discourage you the next day by setting up a momentum and pace you can’t maintain. Source: Internet

A few underpasses in Tucson have "feet of water" scales painted on their supports to discourage fording by automobiles during a rainstorm. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

discountenanced discountenancer discounter discourage from discourageable discouraged