discourage
/dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒ/ verb B1- 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.
- To persuade somebody not to do (something).
He/she/it discourages · Past discouraged · Past participle discouraged · -ing form discouraging
Verb forms
- Base form
- discourage
- He/she/it
- discourages
- Past
- discouraged
- Past participle
- discouraged
- -ing form
- discouraging
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Fortunately we were not discouraged, and we determined to try again.
But I don’t want to discourage you I’m sure, Marilla.”
“I’m not feeling discouraged,” was Marilla’s dry response, “when I make up my mind to do a thing it stays made up.
She is doing her best, but it is very discouraging work.
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