Discourage(n.) Lack of courage; cowardliness.
Discourage(v. t.) 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.
Discourage(v. t.) To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts.
Discourageable(a.) Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
Discouraged(imp. & p. p.) of Discourage
Discouragement(n.) The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.
Discouragement(n.) That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; as, the revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement.
Discourager(n.) One who discourages.
Discouraging(a.) Causing or indicating discouragement.
Discouraging(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Discourage
Words within discouragements