verb
- Try to prevent; show opposition to.
- usage: "We should discourage this practice among our youth"
- synonyms: deter, discourage
- Deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged.
- synonyms: discourage
- Admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior.
- usage: "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"
- synonyms: warn, discourage, admonish, monish
adjective
- Made less hopeful or enthusiastic.
- usage: "desperate demoralized people looking for work"; "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem"; "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest"
- synonyms: demoralized, demoralised, disheartened
- Lacking in resolution.
- usage: "the accident left others discouraged about going there"
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