discouraged
About 5.10 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.
deeply discouraged
- adjective unrecommended; unprescribed.
- verb simple past and past participle of discourage
Similar words
disheartened pessimistic frustrated baffled defeated irresolute balked demoralized despondent disappointed
Often followed by
by from and the in because if or at
Word family
discourage discourageable discourager discouragers discourages discouraging discouragingly
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