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discouraged

/dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒd/ adjective B2
  1. Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened. · deeply discouraged· easily discouraged
  2. unrecommended; unprescribed.
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“I’m not feeling discouraged,” was Marilla’s dry response, “when I make up my mind to do a thing it stays made up.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 64 · C1
“Nay, be not discouraged.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 145 · C1
I am, therefore, by no means discouraged by what you have just said, and shall hope to lead you to the altar ere long.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 124 · B2
Collins, however, was not discouraged from speaking again, and Mr.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 111 · B2

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