discouragement

[ dih-skur-ij-muhnt, -skuhr- ]

/ dɪˈskɜr ɪdʒ mənt, -ˈskʌr- /

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noun

an act or instance of discouraging.

the state of being discouraged.

something that discourages: Poor health and poverty are grave discouragements.

OTHER WORDS FOR discouragement

2 depression, dejection, hopelessness.

3 deterrent, damper, impediment, obstacle, obstruction.

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OPPOSITES FOR discouragement

1-3 encouragement.

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Origin of discouragement

1555–65; <Middle French descouragement,Old French descoragement.See discourage, -ment

synonym study for discouragement

2. See despair.

OTHER WORDS FROM discouragement

o·ver·dis·cour·age·ment, nounpre·dis·cour·age·ment, noun

Words nearby discouragement

discount market, discount rate, discount store, discourage, discouraged, discouragement, discourse, discourse analysis, discourteous, discourtesy, discover

How to use discouragement in a sentence

So there’s potentially two levels of discouragement for these efforts.
Inside the War on Fake Consumer Reviews|Megan McCluskey|July 6, 2022|Time
Instead of succumbing to discouragement, he focused on solving the problems of turns and speed.
This Former Model and DJ Started Skiing 5 Years Ago. He Could Become Jamaica's One-Man Olympic Ski Team|Cassidy Randall|December 10, 2021|Time
Higher grades could mean less discouragement from challenging subjects and maybe even greater confidence and persistence to graduation.
Grade inflation is just plain bad. Right? Maybe not.|Valerie Strauss|September 21, 2021|Washington Post
Many faced discouragement from school officials in doing so.
After Capitol attack, social studies and civics teachers struggle with real-time history lessons|Joe Heim, Valerie Strauss|January 19, 2021|Washington Post

According to the unanimous testimony of the chroniclers, the English host was struck with serious discouragement.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
Mr. Gryce and Miss Butterworth stepped at once into the light, and surveyed each other with a look of marked discouragement.
The Circular Study|Anna Katharine Green
It crowds the hours, and accumulates until often discouragement and nervous exhaustion follow.
The Leaven in a Great City|Lillian William Betts
He looked at her in complete discouragement, and Amarita returned his gaze with one bespeaking a conviction of her own innocence.
Country Neighbors|Alice Brown
A sense of discouragement regarding long distances was just at that moment the most remote sensation in Stanton's sensibilities.
Molly Make-Believe|Eleanor Hallowell Abbott