Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The loss of confidence or enthusiasm.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of discouraging.

    Entmutigung

    the act of discouraging

  3. (countable, uncountable)Anything that discourages.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. He exhaled a deep breath in discouragement.

    ruОн глубоко выдохнул в разочаровании. — Hellerick

  2. What gives you strength in times of discouragement?

  3. Shame on you for your discouragement!

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  4. Instead of being a source of inspiration, the English teacher became a source of discouragement.

  5. Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.

Translations

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By meaning 1
the act of discouraging:

Forms

plural: discouragements
Singulardiscouragement
Pluraldiscouragements

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relateddiscourage

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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