Etymology
edit
From Middle French descourager (modern French décourager), from Old French descouragier, from des- and corage. By surface analysis, dis- + courage.
Pronunciation
edit
discourage (third-person singular simple present discourages, present participle discouraging, simple past and past participle discouraged)
- (transitive) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
Don't be discouraged by the amount of work left to do: you'll finish it in good time.
- (transitive) To persuade somebody not to do (something).
1854, Abraham Lincoln., Notes for a Law Lecture:Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.
Synonyms
edit
Antonyms
edit
Translations
edit
to dishearten
- Belarusian: адгаво́рваць impf (adhavórvacʹ) (dissuade)
- Bulgarian: обезсърчавам (bg) (obezsǎrčavam), обезкура́жавам (bg) (obezkurážavam)
- Catalan: desanimar (ca), desalenar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 令人愁悶／令人愁闷 (zh) (lìng rén chóumèn), 使沮喪／使沮丧 (zh) (shǐ jǔsàng)
- Czech: zastrašit, vzít odvahu
- Dutch: ontmoedigen (nl)
- Finnish: lannistaa (fi), nujertaa (fi)
- French: décourager (fr)
- Galician: desalentar (gl), desanimar (gl)
- Georgian: გულს უცრუებს (guls ucruebs), ხალისს აკარგვინებს (xaliss aḳargvinebs)
- German: entmutigen (de), abschrecken (de)
- Greek: αποκαρδιώνω (el) (apokardióno), αποθαρρύνω (el) (apotharrýno)
- Hungarian: elbátortalanít (hu)
- Japanese: 落胆させる (ja) (らくたん させる, rakutan saseru), がっかりさせる (ja) (gakkari saseru)
- Latin: dehortor
- Macedonian: обесхрабрува (obeshrabruva)
- Maori: whakapāhunu
- Old English: mistyhtan
- Portuguese: desencorajar (pt), desanimar (pt), desalentar (pt)
- Romanian: descuraja (ro)
- Russian: обескура́живать (ru) impf (obeskuráživatʹ), обескура́жить (ru) pf (obeskurážitʹ), расхола́живать (ru) impf (rasxoláživatʹ), расхолоди́ть (ru) pf (rasxolodítʹ), отбива́ть охо́ту impf (otbivátʹ oxótu), отгова́ривать (ru) impf (otgovárivatʹ) (dissuade)
- Spanish: descorazonar (es), acobardar (es)
- Swedish: avskräcka (sv)
- Telugu: నిరుత్సాహపరుచు (nirutsāhaparucu)
- Turkish: şevkini kırmak
|
to persuade somebody not to do something
- Bulgarian: разубежда́вам (bg) (razubeždávam)
- Catalan: dissuadir (ca)
- Czech: odradit (cs)
- Dutch: ontraden (nl), afraden om
- Finnish: ehkäistä (fi), ehkäistä ennalta
- French: dissuader (fr)
- Galician: desalentar (gl)
- Georgian: გადათქმევინება (gadatkmevineba), გადაათქმევინებს (gadaatkmevinebs), ხელის აღებინება (xelis aɣebineba), ხელს აღებინებს (xels aɣebinebs)
- German: abraten (de), abraten von, abbringen von
- Greek: αποθαρρύνω (el) (apotharrýno)
- Italian: scoraggiare (it)
- Japanese: 思い止まらせる (おもいとどまらせる, omoitodomaraseru), 抑止する (ja) (よくし する, yokushi suru)
- Macedonian: одвраќа (odvraḱa)
- Norwegian: å ikke anbefale
- Polish: zniechęcać (pl) impf, zniechęcić (pl) pf
- Portuguese: despersuadir (pt), dissuadir (pt), desencorajar (pt)
- Russian: разубежда́ть (ru) impf (razubeždátʹ), разубеди́ть (ru) pf (razubedítʹ), отгова́ривать (ru) impf (otgovárivatʹ), отговори́ть (ru) pf (otgovorítʹ)
- Spanish: desalentar (es), persuadir (es), disuadir (es)
- Telugu: నిరుత్సాహపరుచు (nirutsāhaparucu)
- Turkish: vazgeçirmek (tr)
|
discourage (uncountable)
- (rare) Lack of courage
Synonyms
edit
Further reading
edit
