'Discourage' definitions:
Definition of 'discourage'
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Definition of 'Discourage'
From: GCIDE
- Discourage \Dis*cour"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discouraged; p. pr. & vb. n. Discouraging.] [Pref. dis- + courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F. d['e]courager: pref. des- (L. dis-) + corage, F. courage. See Courage.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. --Col. iii. 21. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts.
- Syn: To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade; disfavor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Discourage'
From: GCIDE
- Discourage \Dis*cour"age\, n. Lack of courage; cowardliness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'discourage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afflict,
- anticipate,
- avert,
- awe,
- bar,
- beat down,
- blunt,
- bother,
- cast down,
- check,
- chill,
- cool,
- cow,
- damp,
- dampen,
- dampen the spirits,
- darken,
- dash,
- daunt,
- debar,
- deflect,
- deject,
- demoralize,
- depress,
- deter,
- disaffect,
- disapprove of,
- dishearten,
- disincline,
- disinterest,
- dismay,
- disparage,
- dispirit,
- dissuade,
- distract,
- distress,
- divert,
- droop,
- estop,
- exclude,
- faze,
- fend,
- fend off,
- forbid,
- foreclose,
- forestall,
- frighten,
- help,
- hinder,
- indispose,
- inhibit,
- intimidate,
- irk,
- keep from,
- keep off,
- knock down,
- lower,
- lower the spirits,
- obviate,
- oppose,
- oppress,
- overawe,
- preclude,
- press down,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- put off,
- quench,
- repel,
- restrain,
- rule out,
- sadden,
- save,
- scare,
- shake,
- sink,
- slow,
- stave off,
- stop,
- suppress,
- talk out of,
- trouble,
- try,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn from,
- turn off,
- unman,
- unnerve,
- vex,
- ward off,
- wean from,
- weigh,
- weigh heavy upon,
- weigh upon