Discourage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Discourage	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Discourage
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
discourage v try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth" Synonym(s): deter, discourage deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged Antonym(s): encourage admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet" Synonym(s): warn, discourage, admonish, monish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discourage \Dis*cour"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discouraged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discouraging}.] [Pref. dis- + courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F. d[82]courager: 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Discourage \Dis*cour"age\, n. Lack of courage; cowardliness.