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- Dictionarydiscouraging/dɪˈskʌrɪdʒɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. causing someone to lose confidence or enthusiasm; depressing: "a discouraging experience"
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DISCOURAGING definition: 1. making you feel less confident, enthusiastic, and positive about something, or less willing to…. Learn more.
1. : 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 something. tried to discourage her from going. discourageable. di-ˈskər-i-jə-bəl. -ˈskə-ri- adjective. discourager noun. discouragingly.
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.
DISCOURAGING meaning: 1. making you feel less confident, enthusiastic, and positive about something, or less willing to…. Learn more.
If something is discouraging, it makes you lose your hope or confidence. A discouraging grade in your science class might make you rethink your plans to become a marine biologist.
Definition of 'discouraging' Word Frequency. discouraging in British English. (dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ ) adjective. causing a loss of confidence and determination. Today's report is rather more discouraging for the economy. a discouraging set of results for the country's leading automobile manufacturer. Collins English Dictionary.
Definition of discouraging adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
verb. /dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ/ /dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒ/ Verb Forms. to try to prevent something or to prevent somebody from doing something, especially by making it difficult to do or by showing that you do not approve of it. discourage (doing) something a campaign to discourage smoking among teenagers.
