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Webster 1913 Edition
Discourage
Dis-cour′age
(?; 48)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Discouraged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Discouraging
.] [Pref.
dis-
+ courage
: cf. OF. descoragier
, F. décourager
: 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.Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be
discouraged
. Col. iii. 21.
Syn. – To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade; disfavor.
Dis-cour′age
,Noun.
Lack of courage; cowardliness.
Webster 1828 Edition
Discourage
DISCOURAGE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits; to deject; to deprive of confidence.Fathers, provoke not your children, lest they be discouraged. Colossians 3.
2.
To deter from any thing; with from.Why discourage ye the hearts of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them? Numbers 32.
3.
To attempt to repress or prevent; to dissuade from; as, to discourage an effort.Definition 2024
discourage
discourage
English
Verb
discourage (third-person singular simple present discourages, present participle discouraging, simple past and past participle discouraged) (transitive)
- To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
- Don't be discouraged by the amount of work left to do: you'll finish it in good time.
- Bible, Col. iii. 21
- Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
- To persuade somebody not to do something.
- Abraham Lincoln
- Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.
- Abraham Lincoln
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
to dishearten
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to persuade somebody not to do something
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See also
Noun
discourage (uncountable)
- (rare) Lack of courage
Synonyms
- (lack of courage): cowardliness