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adjective
- 1. having lost confidence or enthusiasm; disheartened: "he must be feeling pretty discouraged"
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having lost your confidence or enthusiasm for something: I think he felt discouraged because of all the criticism he'd received. Synonym. demoralized. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling sad and unhappy. a long face idiom. abjection. angsty. be cut up idiom. be down in the mouth idiom. be in a funk idiom. displeased. dissatisfied.
to try to prevent something from happening or someone from doing something, or to have the effect of making something less likely: We tried to discourage him from spending so much money. Higher taxes could discourage business investment.
to deprive of courage or confidence : dishearten; to hinder by disfavoring; to dissuade or attempt to dissuade from doing something… See the full definition
Definitions of discourage. verb. try to prevent; show opposition to. “We should discourage this practice among our youth” synonyms: deter. see more. verb. deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged. see more. verb. admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior. synonyms: admonish, monish, warn. warn.
Discouraged definition: deprived of or lacking in courage, hope, or confidence. See examples of DISCOURAGED used in a sentence.
The adjective describes people who no longer feel that good things will happen, such as discouraged job-seekers, who despite sending hundreds of applications to prospective employers, never get any responses. They may have "lost the courage" to keep looking for work.
To discourage is to dishearten by expressing disapproval or by suggesting that a contemplated action or course will probably fail: He was discouraged from going into business. To dismay is to dishearten completely: Her husband's philandering dismayed her.
to try to prevent something from happening or someone from doing something, or to have the effect of making something less likely: We tried to discourage him from spending so much money. Higher taxes could discourage business investment.
To discourage is to dishearten by expressing disapproval or by suggesting that a contemplated action or course will probably fail: He was discouraged from going into business. To dismay is to dishearten completely: Her husband's philandering dismayed her.
Definition of discouraged adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
