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DISCOURAGED
demoralized, demoralised, discouraged, disheartened
(adjective) made less hopeful or enthusiastic; “desperate demoralized people looking for work”; “felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem”; “the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest”
discouraged
(adjective) lacking in resolution; “the accident left others discouraged about going there”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
discouraged (comparative more discouraged, superlative most discouraged)
Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.
unrecommended; unprescribed.
Verb
discouraged
simple past tense and past participle of discourage
Source: Wiktionary
DISCOURAGE
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
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