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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