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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

    Disheartened means having lost your confidence or enthusiasm for something. Find out the pronunciation, translations, and related words and phrases for discouraged in English.

  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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

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

    To discourage is to dishearten by expressing disapproval or by suggesting that a contemplated action or course will probably fail: He was discouraged from going into business. To dismay is to dishearten completely: Her husband's philandering dismayed her.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › discourageDiscourage - definition of discourage by The Free Dictionary

    To discourage is to dishearten by expressing disapproval or by suggesting that a contemplated action will probably fail: He was discouraged from going into business. To dismay is to dishearten, shock, or bewilder by sudden difficulties or danger: a prosecutor dismayed by disclosures of new evidence.