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adjective
- 1. causing someone to lose confidence or enthusiasm; depressing: "a discouraging experience"
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The meaning of DISCOURAGE is to deprive of courage or confidence : dishearten. How to use discourage in a sentence.
Learn the meaning of discourage as a verb and an adjective, and its synonyms such as dishearten, deter, and prevent. See examples of how to use discourage in sentences and pronunciation guides.
Discourage means to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit. It can also mean to dissuade, obstruct, or express disapproval. See the origin, synonyms, antonyms, and example sentences of discourage.
When you discourage someone, you try to talk them out of doing something, by pointing out reasons why their planned action would be unwise. The verb discourage has roots in the French word descouragier, which comes from des-, meaning “away,” and corage, or “courage.”
Learn the meaning of discouraging, an adjective that describes something that causes a loss of confidence and determination. See examples, synonyms, pronunciation and related terms of discourage.
depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action. “where never is heard a discouraging word”. synonyms: daunting, intimidating. discouraging through fear. demoralising, demoralizing, disheartening, dispiriting. destructive of morale and self-reliance. frustrating.
Definition of discourage verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
