warn, discourage, admonish, monish
(verb) advise or counsel in terms of someone’s behavior; “I warned him not to go too far”; “I warn you against false assumptions”; “She warned him to be quiet”
deter, discourage
(verb) try to prevent; show opposition to; “We should discourage this practice among our youth”
discourage
(verb) deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
Source: WordNet® 3.1
discourage (third-person singular simple present discourages, present participle discouraging, simple past and past participle discouraged) (transitive)
(transitive) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
(transitive) To persuade somebody not to do (something).
• becourage
• deter
• dissuade
• encourage
discourage (uncountable)
(rare) Lack of courage
• (lack of courage): cowardliness
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*cour"age (; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discouraged; p. pr. & vb. n. Discouraging.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F. décourager: pref. des- (L. dis-) + corage, F. courage. See Courage.]
1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Col. iii. 21.
2. To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts.
Syn.
– To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade; disfavor.
Dis*cour"age, n.
Definition: Lack of courage; cowardliness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
