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diˈscouraged, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ed1.]
Deprived of courage or confidence, disheartened.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Matt. xix. (R.), He wente awaye with a discouraged and heauye mynde. 1667J. Flavel Saint Indeed (1754) 44 Discouraged souls, how many do you reckon the Lord for? 1847Tennyson Princ. iii. 137, I grew discouraged, Sir. 1888Pall Mall G. 8 June 4/1 Seductive terms about fettered industry, discouraged capital, and the undue taxation of the necessaries of life. |