discourage
To extinguish the courage ofTo extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
» I don't want to discourage you from trying to do that.
Ich will dich nicht entmutigen, es zu versuchen. — Waldelfe
Ich will euch nicht entmutigen, es zu versuchen. — Waldelfe
Ich will Sie nicht entmutigen, es zu versuchen. — Waldelfe
Я не хочу знеохотити тебе від того, щоб спробувати це зробити. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(transitive)To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
Don't be discouraged by the amount of work left to do: you'll finish it in good time.
entmutigen, abschrecken
обескура́живатьobeskuráživatʹ, обескура́житьobeskurážitʹ, расхола́живатьrasxoláživatʹ
(transitive)To persuade somebody not to do (something).
abraten, abraten von, abbringen von
разубежда́тьrazubeždátʹ, разубеди́тьrazubedítʹ, отгова́риватьotgovárivatʹ
- deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
- advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
- try to prevent; show opposition to
Examples
438 sentencesI don't want to discourage you from trying to do that.
Я не хочу знеохотити тебе від того, щоб спробувати це зробити. — deniko
deIch will dich nicht entmutigen, es zu versuchen. — Waldelfe
My parents discouraged me from traveling.
ruМои родители отговорили меня от путешествия. — heccele
Tom doesn't want to discourage Mary.
ruТом не хочет выбивать у Мэри почву из-под ног. — Ooneykcall
deTom will Maria nicht entmutigen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is beginning to get discouraged.
deLangsam verliert Tom den Mut. — raggione
I thought Tom would be discouraged.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle French descourager (modern French décourager), from Old French descouragier, fFrom Middle French descourager (modern French décourager), from Old French descouragier, from des- and corage. By surface analysis, dis- + courage.
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Forms
discourages, discouraging, discouraged, discouraged| Base form | discourage · to discourage |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | discourages |
| Present participle | discouraging |
| Past simple | discouraged |
| Past participle | discouraged |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
7 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
8 patterns- would be discouraged
- will be discouraged
- tried to discourage
- be very discouraged
- want to discourage
- looked discouraged
- to be discouraged
- become discouraged