discouragementnoun
uk/dɪˈskʌr.ɪdʒ.mənt/us/dɪˈskɝː.ɪdʒ.mənt/discouragement noun (MAKING LESS CONFIDENT)
[ C or U ] the state of having lost your confidence or enthusiasm for something:
a feeling of discouragement
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Discouraging and putting off
- aversive
- cold
- daunt
- daunting
- deter
- deterrence
- discourage
- dishearten
- disincentive
- emasculate
- pour/throw cold water on sth idiom
- put
- put a spoke in sb's wheel idiom
- spoil
- spoil sb's party idiom
- take the wind out of sb's sails idiom
- throw
- throw cold water on sth idiom
- wind 1
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discouragement noun (PREVENTING)
[ U ] actions to prevent or try to prevent something from happening or someone from doing something:
the discouragement of any direct action
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Preventing and impeding
- avert
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag on sb/sth idiom
- block sth out
- blot
- bottleneck
- derail
- fireproof
- hold out on sb
- hold sb/sth back
- holding pattern
- impede
- impedimenta
- prevention is better than cure idiom
- preventive
- prohibit
- pull
- pull the rug from under sb's feet idiom
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