discourage
verb (used with object)
to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
am discouraging
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present progressiveof discourage (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I have two graduate degrees, but I am discouraging my children from going to college.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2012
He'll be mad; he'll think I am discouraging you.
From The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls by Marie Van Vorst
