discourage
About 3.57 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb 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.
- verb To persuade somebody not to do (something).
- noun Lack of courage
Similar words
deter admonish warn demotivate frustrate disadvantage dismay daunt disdain dissuade
Often followed by
the them him any you a it their and such
Word family
discourageable discouraged discourager discouragers discourages discouraging discouragingly
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