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    discouraged
    /dɪˈskʌrɪdʒd/

    adjective

    • 1. having lost confidence or enthusiasm; disheartened: "he must be feeling pretty discouraged"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDISCOURAGED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Discouraged means having lost your confidence or enthusiasm for something. Find out how to pronounce it, see related words and phrases, and get translations in different languages.

    • Translate to Traditional Chinese

      DISCOURAGED translate: 洩氣的，垂頭喪氣的，心灰意冷的. Learn more in the...

    • Discourse

      DISCOURSE definition: 1. the use of language to communicate...

    • Simplified

      DISCOURAGED translate: 泄气的，垂头丧气的，心灰意冷的. Learn more in the...

    • Demoralized

      DEMORALIZED definition: 1. having lost your confidence,...

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDISCOURAGE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Disencourage means to make someone feel less confident, enthusiastic, and positive about something, or less willing to do something. It also means to prevent or try to prevent something happening or someone doing something. See more meanings, synonyms, and usage examples of discourage.

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  5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › discourageDiscourage Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Discourage is a verb that means to deprive of courage or confidence, to hinder, or to dissuade. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for discourage.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryDISCOURAGE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    Disencourage means to make someone feel less confident, enthusiastic, and positive about something, or less willing to do something. It also means to prevent or try to prevent something happening or someone doing something. See more meanings, synonyms, and usage examples.

  7. www.dictionary.com › browse › discouragedDISCOURAGED Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Discouraged definition: deprived of or lacking in courage, hope, or confidence. See examples of DISCOURAGED used in a sentence.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishdiscourage - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

    Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the verb discourage, which means to try to prevent or stop something or somebody from doing something. See examples, synonyms and related words.

  9. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › discourageDiscourage - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    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.”.