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dis·cour·age

(dĭ-skûr′ĭj, -skŭr′-)

tr.v. dis·cour·aged, dis·cour·ag·ing, dis·cour·ag·es

1. To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit: Making so little progress after so much effort discouraged us.

2. To dissuade or deter (someone) from doing something: My adviser discouraged me from applying to big universities.

3. To try to prevent by expressing disapproval or raising objections: The agency discouraged all travel to the areas hardest hit by the disease.

[Middle English discoragen, from Old French descoragier : des-, dis- + corage, courage; see courage.]

dis·cour′age·a·ble adj.

dis·cour′ag·er n.

dis·cour′ag·ing·ly adv.

Synonyms: discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit
These verbs mean to make less hopeful or enthusiastic: researchers who were discouraged by the problem's magnitude; apathy that disheartened the instructor; did not let the technical difficulties dismay them; a failure that dispirited the team.

Antonym: encourage

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discouraging

(dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ)

adj

causing a loss of confidence and determination

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Adj.	1.	discouraging - depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; "where never is heard a discouraging word" unhelpful - providing no assistance hopeless - without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down" dissuasive - deterring from action; "dissuasive advice"; "made a slight dissuasive gesture with her hand" encouraging - giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research"
	2.	discouraging - expressing disapproval dissuasive - deterring from action; "dissuasive advice"; "made a slight dissuasive gesture with her hand"

discouraging

adjective disheartening, disappointing, depressing, daunting, dampening, unfavourable, off-putting (Brit. informal), dispiriting, unpropitious We have had a discouraging response to our appeal.

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Translations

αποθαρρυντικός

décourageant

scoraggiante

discouraging

[dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ] ADJ → desalentador
he was discouraging about it → habló de ello en tono pesimista

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discouraging

[dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ] adj [news, results] → décourageant(e)

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discouraging

adj → entmutigend; he was rather discouraging about her chances → er äußerte sich ziemlich entmutigend über ihre Chancen

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discouraging

[dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ] adj → scoraggiante, avvilente

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This was a most ill-timed and discouraging blow, but Mr.

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She turned from the well and said, in the most discouraged tone, not knowing that I was where I could hear her, "We can't even get water to drink at this school." I think no one remark ever came so near discouraging me as that one.

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It was an expression of unconscious placid gravity--of absorption in thoughts that had no connection with the present moment or with her own personality--an expression that is most of all discouraging to a lover.

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It was too discouraging. She would not read the story to Gilbert, although she told him about it.

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If I did not ask myself whether, limited by such discouraging impossibilities, life were still worth living, it was only because I had then before me several other pressing questions, some of which have remained unanswered to this day.

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In short, there was no discouraging uniformity in these higher regions of the book-case.

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He thought it very discouraging that his wife, who was the sole object of his existence, evinced so little interest in things which concerned him, and valued so little his conversation.

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But the Judge had a most discouraging way of fluctuating.

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The Home Ministry has decided to stop visa for the North Koreans discouraging their stay here.

Communist government unfriendly with North Korean citizens

Minister said quality of education is need of the hour and teachers should play their productive role for discouraging this cheating system in exams instead of going in the protests.

Teacher training for quality education during exams stressed: minister

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