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discourage

/dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒ/

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What does discourage mean?

verb

  1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
  2. To persuade somebody not to do (something).
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. (rare) Lack of courage

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IPA pronunciation

/dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒ/

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Practise this philosophy and it will be easy to keep on the sunny side of the street and to discourage the glooms.
Tingfang WuAmerica, Through the Spectacles of an Oriental DiplomatProject Gutenberg ebook #609
They are primarily tillers of the soil, and as agriculturists succeed under circumstances that would wholly baffle and discourage an eastern farmer.
J. A. (Joseph Amasa) MunkArizona SketchesProject Gutenberg ebook #756
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Why should a great star discourage and dishearten a player several classes below him by crushing him, as he no doubt could?
William T. (William Tatem) TildenThe Art of Lawn TennisProject Gutenberg ebook #1451
On the contrary, the most urgent problem to-day is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective.
Margaret SangerThe Pivot of CivilizationProject Gutenberg ebook #1689
These, my dear Sir, are the imprudent difficulties you draw me into, and which almost discourage me from proceeding in your business.
Horace WalpoleThe Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #4610