discouragement Definition
dis·cour·age·ment (-mənt)
noun
- a discouraging
- the fact, state, or feeling of being discouraged
- anything that discourages
Etymology: OFr descoragement
discouragement Synonyms
discouragement
n.
Dejection
melancholy, despair, the blues*; see depression 2, sadness.A restriction
constraint, hindrance, deterrent; see impediment 1.
discouragement Usage Examples
Converse of object
- receive: They often find themselves being passed from one office to another receiving only discouragement.
- have: He has had too much all-round discouragement to meet.
- provide: Indeed, his extension of means-testing provides a savage discouragement to saving.
- face: You have a dream, but you face so many discouragements along the way.
- cause: On the other hand David didn't complain against other believers, as some do when stresses occur and so cause further discouragement.
- feel: Like others, I often feel the discouragement of which you speak, but in my eyes that is also a necessary test.
Adjective modifier
- active: Policy has ranged from encouraging GP involvement to active discouragement coinciding with the setting up of specialist centers in the late 1960s.
- further: Its poisonous nature must act as a further discouragement.
- much: He has had too much all-round discouragement to meet.
- strong: Strong discouragement to any attempts to contract-out of or waive employment rights.
- general: General discouragement of smoking, particularly by young people, is necessary.
- such: With such discouragement of new blood, long-term decline was almost inevitable.
Modifies a noun
rate: We find higher economic inactivity rates and discouragement rates in the LFS than in the CHS which supports our conjecture.
Preposition: in
Browse dictionary entries near discouragement
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- ‹ discounting
- ‹ discounter
- ‹ discountenance
- ‹ discounted cash-flow valuation
- ‹ discounted cash flow
- ‹ discounted
- ‹ discount yield
- ‹ discount window
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