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- ️Wed Jul 01 2015
tr.v., -aged, -ag·ing, -ag·es.
- To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit.
- To hamper by discouraging; deter.
- To try to prevent by expressing disapproval or raising objections.
[Middle English discoragen, from Old French descoragier : des-, dis- + corage, courage; see courage.]
discourageable dis·cour'age·a·ble adj.
discourager dis·cour'ag·er n.
discouragingly dis·cour'ag·ing·ly adv.
SYNONYMS discourage, dishearten, dispirit. These verbs mean to make less hopeful or enthusiastic: researchers who were discouraged by the problem's magnitude; apathy that disheartened the instructor; a failure that dispirited the team. See also synonyms at dissuade.
ANTONYM encourage
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tage modet fra, råde fra, misbillige
Nederlands (Dutch)
ontmoedigen, weerhouden, afraden, belemmeren
Français (French)
v. tr. - décourager, abattre, détourner, dissuader qn de qch, déconseiller, repousser (une amitié)
Deutsch (German)
v. - entmutigen, abraten, abhalten
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποθαρρύνω, αποκαρδιώνω, αποτρέπω, αποδοκιμάζω
Italiano (Italian)
scoraggiare, demoralizzare
Português (Portuguese)
v. - desencorajar
Русский (Russian)
отговаривать, расхолаживать
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - oponerse, resistir, desanimar, desalentar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - göra modfälld, motarbeta
中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
使气馁, 阻碍
中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使氣餒, 阻礙
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 실망시키다, 단념 시키다, 훼방 놓다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 落胆させる, 思いとどまらせる
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يثبط العزم, ينصح بالعدول عن, يخوف, يحاول منع شئ بإظهار الرفض أو صنع العقبات
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ערם קשיים, מנע, ייאש, הרתיע, ריפה ידי-
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