discourage

discourage
01. Her parents tried to [discourage] her from marrying him, but she just ignored them.
02. He became totally [discouraged] after he failed his course a second time.
03. High interest rates are a serious [discouragement] to buying a house these days.
04. Don't get [discouraged] if it doesn't work out the first time. You've got to keep trying.
05. Broken glass had been cemented into the top of the wall to [discourage] people from trying to climb over it.
06. Sales in our first year of business were somewhat [discouraging], but have improved significantly over the past six months.
07. His parents had tried to [discourage] him from studying abroad, but now they see that it was a good decision for him to go.
08. The weather forecast is quite [discouraging] for our ski trip; they're expecting rain.
09. The child felt totally [discouraged] after losing the game 10-0.
10. My parents tried to [discourage] me from buying a new car because new cars lose their value so quickly.
11. Plato once remarked, "Never [discourage] anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow."
12. No matter how many times he missed the ball, the young tennis player didn't get [discouraged].
13. Most of Trinidad's East Indian population view marriage as permanent, and [discourage] divorce or the remarriage of widows.
14. Visitors to Ukraine are [discouraged] from trying to compete with Ukrainians in a vodka drinking contest, as they are not likely to win.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • discourage — [v1] dishearten, dispirit abash, afflict, alarm, appall, awe, beat down, bother, break one’s heart*, bully, cast down, chill, confuse, cow, dampen, dash, daunt, deject, demoralize, deprecate, depress, dismay, disparage, distress, droop, frighten …   New thesaurus

  • discourage — ► VERB 1) cause a loss of confidence or enthusiasm in. 2) prevent or try to prevent by showing disapproval or creating difficulties. 3) (discourage from) persuade (someone) against (an action). DERIVATIVES discouragement noun discouraging… …   English terms dictionary

  • Discourage — Dis*cour age, n. Lack of courage; cowardliness. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Discourage — Dis*cour age (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discouraged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discouraging}.] [Pref. dis + courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F. d[ e]courager: pref. des (L. dis ) + corage, F. courage. See {Courage}.] 1. To extinguish the courage of; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • discourage — I verb advise against, affright, animum frangere, argue against, avert, cast down, cause discontent, cause dislike, cause doubt, caution, contraindicate, convince to the contrary, dampen, daunt, deflect, dehort, deject, demoralize, deprecate,… …   Law dictionary

  • discourage — mid 15c., discoragen, from M.Fr. descourager, from O.Fr. descoragier, from des away (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + corage (see COURAGE (Cf. courage)). Related: Discouraged; discouragement; discouraging …   Etymology dictionary

  • discourage — [di skʉr′ij] vt. discouraged, discouraging [ME discoragen < OFr descoragier: see DIS & COURAGE] 1. to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten 2. to advise or persuade (a person) to refrain 3. to prevent or try to prevent by… …   English World dictionary

  • discourage — dis|cour|age [dısˈkʌrıdʒ US ˈkə:r ] v [T] 1.) to persuade someone not to do something, especially by making it seem difficult or bad ≠ ↑encourage ▪ attempts to discourage illegal immigration discourage sb from doing sth ▪ My father is a lawyer,… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • discourage */ — UK [dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms discourage : present tense I/you/we/they discourage he/she/it discourages present participle discouraging past tense discouraged past participle discouraged 1) to try to prevent something from… …   English dictionary

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