Discourage - English meaning

Discourage – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Cause (someone) to lose confidence or enthusiasm.
Usage examples:
Tedious regulations could discourage investors
Synonims:
Dishearten Dispirit Demoralize Make despondent Make downhearted Cast down Depress Disappoint Dampen someone's hopes Dash someone's hopes Cause to lose heart Put off Unnerve Daunt Intimidate C

verb
To cause someone to feel less confident or less hopeful
Usage examples:
She sometimes got discouraged about her social life, which was going nowhere, she felt., we tried t…

Discourage translation into English

Discourage: translate from English into Chinese

不鼓励, 阻碍, 挫伤, 阻拦

Discourage: translate from English into Dutch

Ontmoedigen, Afraden, Tegengaan, Afschrikken, Verjagen

Discourage: translate from English into French

Décourager, Repousser, Abattre, Essayer de dissuader

Discourage: translate from English into German

Entmutigen, Abhalten, Abbringen, Zu verhindern suchen, Abwehren

Discourage: translate from English into Hindi

हतोत्साहित करना, जी छोटा करना, हिम्मत तोड़ना, निस्र्त्साह कर देना, हतोत्साह करना, निरुत्साहित करना

Discourage: translate from English into Italian

Scoraggiare, Dissuadere, Smontare

Discourage: translate from English into Korean

낙담하다, 용기를 잃게 하다, 방해하다

Discourage: translate from English into Russian

Обескуражить, Отговаривать, Обескураживать, Расхолаживать, Отбивать охоту, Отсоветовать, Озадачивать

Discourage: translate from English into Spanish

Desalentar, Disuadir, Desanimar, Oponerse a, Rechazar, Desaprobar, Hacer disuasión, Resistir

Word origin

late Middle English: from Old French descouragier, from des- (expressing reversal) + corage ‘courage’.

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Discourage – similar words

discouragement

noun
A loss of confidence or enthusiasm; dispiritedness.
Usage examples:
Do not give in to discouragement

noun
A feeling of being less confident or less hopeful
Usage examples:
He had known discouragement and failure, but in the end he persevered and wound up with a successfu…

Discouragement - all meanings in English

discouraged

adjective
Having lost confidence or enthusiasm; disheartened.
Usage examples:
He must be feeling pretty discouraged

verb
Cause (someone) to lose confidence or enthusiasm.
Usage examples:
Tedious regulations could discourage investors

Discouraged - all meanings in English

discourageable

adjective
Capable of being discouraged, deterred, or disheartened. formerly also: †discouraging, off-putting (obsolete).

Discourageable - all meanings in English

Discourage synonims

c

abbreviation
(on scorecards) caught by.
Usage examples:
Me waugh c lara b walsh 19

abbreviation
Care of.

noun
The third letter of the alphabet.
Usage examples:
He scraped along with c's and d's in most subjects

C - all meanings in English

daunt

verb
Make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive.
Usage examples:
Some people are daunted by technology

verb
To make someone feel slightly frightened or worried about his or her ability to achieve something; to discourage
Usage examples:
She’s not at all daunted by criticism., reforming the welfare system is a daunting task.

Daunt - all meanings in English

demoralize

verb
Cause (someone) to lose confidence or hope.
Usage examples:
The general strike had demoralized the trade unions

verb
To weaken the confidence of someone
Usage examples:
The team was tired and thoroughly demoralized.

Demoralize - all meanings in English

depress

verb
Make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected.
Usage examples:
That first day at school depressed me

Depress - all meanings in English

disappoint

verb
Fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of.
Usage examples:
I have no wish to disappoint everyone by postponing the visit

verb
To fail to satisfy someone’s hopes or expectations
Usage examples:
I hate to disappoint you, but we don’t have the book you wanted.

Disappoint - all meanings in English

dishearten

verb
Cause (someone) to lose determination or confidence.
Usage examples:
The farmer was disheartened by the damage to his crops

verb
To make a person lose confidence, hope, and energy

Dishearten - all meanings in English

dispirit

verb
Cause (someone) to lose enthusiasm or hope.
Usage examples:
The army was dispirited by the uncomfortable winter conditions

Dispirit - all meanings in English

intimidate

verb
Frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants.
Usage examples:
The forts are designed to intimidate the population

Compel or deter by or as if by threats

Intimidate - all meanings in English

unnerve

verb
Make (someone) lose courage or confidence.
Usage examples:
The journey over the bridge had unnerved me

verb
To make someone feel less confident and slightly frightened
Usage examples:
The long silence unnerved him., it’s the way that he stares that i find so unnerving.

verb
To make someone feel nervous or less confident
Usage examples:
Talk of an economic slowdown has so far failed to unnerve american markets., be unnerved by sth inv…

Unnerve - all meanings in English

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