- verbdiscourage (verb) · discourages (third person present) · discouraged (past tense) · discouraged (past participle) · discouraging (present participle)
- cause (someone) to lose confidence or enthusiasm:"I don't want to discourage you, but I don't think it's such a good idea"
- prevent or seek to prevent (something) by showing disapproval or creating difficulties:"the plan is designed to discourage the use of private cars"
- persuade (someone) against an action:"we want to discourage children from smoking"
Originlate Middle English: from Old French descouragier, from des- (expressing reversal) + corage ‘courage’.
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- Discourage means to12345:
- Deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- Dissuade (usually followed by from).
- Obstruct by opposition or difficulty; hinder.
- Express or make clear disapproval of; frown upon.
- Make someone feel less confident, enthusiastic, and positive about something, or less willing to do something.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.verb (used with object), dis·cour·aged, dis·cour·ag·ing. to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit. to dissuade (usually followed by from). to obstruct by opposition or difficulty; hinder: Low prices discourage industry. to express or make clear disapproval of; frown upon: to discourage the expression of enthusiasm.www.dictionary.com/browse/discourage: 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 somethingwww.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discouragedis·cour·age (dĭ-skûr′ĭj, -skŭr′-) tr.v. dis·cour·aged, dis·cour·ag·ing, dis·cour·ag·es 1. To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit: Making so little progress after so much effort discouraged us.www.thefreedictionary.com/discourageto make someone feel less confident, enthusiastic, and positive about something, or less willing to do something: The thought of how much work she had to do discouraged her.dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/discour…discourage (verb) discourage /dɪ ˈ skɚrəʤ/ verb discourages; discouraged; discouraging Britannica Dictionary definition of DISCOURAGE
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