English-Thai Dictionary

discourage

VT ทำให้ หมดกำลังใจ  ทำให้ ท้อแท้  ทำให้ เสียกำลังใจ  dissuade advise encourage support urge tam-hai-mod-kam-lang-jai

 

discouragement

N การ ทำให้ หมดกำลังใจ  การ ทำให้ ท้อใจ  despair disappointment kan-tam-hai-mod-kam-lang-jai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISCOURAGE

v.t.discurage. [dis and courage. See Courage. ] 1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits; to deject; to deprive of confidence.
Fathers, provoke not your children, lest they be discouraged. Colossians 3:21.
2. To deter from any thing; with from.
Why discourage ye the hearts of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them? Numbers 32:7.
3. To attempt to repress or prevent; to dissuade from; as, to discourage an effort.

 

DISCOURAGED

pp. Discuraged. Disheartened; deprived of courage or confidence; depressed in spirits; dejected; checked.

 

DISCOURAGEMENT

n.Discuragement. 1. The act of disheartening, or depriving of courage; the act of deterring or dissuading from an undertaking; the act of depressing confidence.
2. That which destroys or abates courage; that which depresses confidence or hope; that which deters or tends to deter from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of any thing. Evil examples are great discouragements to virtue. The revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement.

 

DISCOURAGER

n.Discurager. One who discourages; one who disheartens, or depresses the courage; one who impresses or fear of success; one who dissuades from an undertaking.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISCOURAGE

Dis *cour "age (; 48 ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discouraged; p. pr. & vb. n.Discouraging. ] Etym: [Pref. dis- + courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F. décourager: pref. des- (L. dis- ) + corage, F. courage. See Courage. ]

 

1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Col. iii. 21.

 

2. To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts.

 

Syn. -- To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade; disfavor.

 

DISCOURAGE

DISCOURAGE Dis *cour "age, n.

 

Defn: Lack of courage; cowardliness.

 

DISCOURAGEABLE

DISCOURAGEABLE Dis *cour "age *a *ble, a.

 

Defn: Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened. Bp. Hall.

 

DISCOURAGEMENT

Dis *cour "age *ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. descouragement, F.découragement. ]

 

1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.

 

2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; as, the revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement. "Discouragements from vice. " Swift.

 

DISCOURAGER

DISCOURAGER Dis *cour "a *ger, n.

 

Defn: One who discourages. The promoter of truth and the discourager of error. Sir G. C. Lewis.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

discourage

dis cour age |disˈkərij, -ˈkə -rij dɪsˈkɜːrɪ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause (someone ) to lose confidence or enthusiasm: I don't want to discourage you, but I don't think it's such a good idea. • prevent or seek to prevent (something ) by showing disapproval or creating difficulties: the plan is designed to discourage the use of private cars. • persuade (someone ) against an action: we want to discourage children from smoking. DERIVATIVES dis cour ag er noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French descouragier, from des- (expressing reversal ) + corage ‘courage. ’

 

discouraged

dis cour aged |disˈkərijd, -ˈkə -rijd | ▶adjective having lost confidence or enthusiasm; disheartened: he must be feeling pretty discouraged.

 

discouragement

dis cour age ment |disˈkərijmənt dɪsˈkɜːrɪʤmənt | ▶noun 1 a loss of confidence or enthusiasm; dispiritedness: do not give in to discouragement. 2 an attempt to prevent something by showing disapproval or creating difficulties; deterrent: the discouragement of crime.

 

Oxford Dictionary

discourage

dis |cour ¦age |dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cause (someone ) to lose confidence or enthusiasm: tedious regulations could discourage investors. • prevent or try to prevent (something ) by showing disapproval or creating difficulties: the plan is designed to discourage the use of private cars. • persuade (someone ) against an action: we want to discourage children from smoking. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French descouragier, from des- (expressing reversal ) + corage ‘courage ’.

 

discouraged

dis |cour ¦aged |dɪˈskʌrɪdʒd | ▶adjective having lost confidence or enthusiasm; disheartened: he must be feeling pretty discouraged.

 

discouragement

dis |cour ¦age |ment |dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒm (ə )nt | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] a loss of confidence or enthusiasm; dispiritedness: do not give in to discouragement. 2 an attempt to prevent something by showing disapproval or creating difficulties; deterrent: the discouragement of crime.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

discourage

discourage verb 1 we want to discourage children from smoking: deter from, dissuade from, disincline from, put off, talk out of; advise against, urge against; archaic discountenance from. ANTONYMS encourage. 2 she was discouraged by his hostile tone: dishearten, dispirit, demoralize, cast down, depress, disappoint; put off, unnerve, daunt, intimidate, cow, crush. ANTONYMS encourage, hearten. 3 he sought to discourage further conversation: prevent, stop, put a stop to, avert, fend off, stave off, ward off; inhibit, hinder, check, curb, put a damper on, throw cold water on. ANTONYMS encourage.

 

discouraged

discouraged adjective Doug must be feeling pretty discouraged: disheartened, dispirited, demoralized, deflated, disappointed, let down, disconsolate, despondent, dejected, cast down, downcast, depressed, crestfallen, dismayed, low-spirited, gloomy, glum, pessimistic, unenthusiastic; put off, daunted, intimidated, cowed, crushed; informal down in /at the mouth, down in the dumps, unenthused, bummed.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

discourage

discourage verb 1 we want to discourage children from smoking: deter, dissuade, disincline, turn aside; put off, talk out of, scare off, warn off, advise against, urge against; rare dehort. ANTONYMS encourage, persuade. 2 Nicky was discouraged by his hostile tone: dishearten, dispirit, demoralize, make despondent, make downhearted, cast down, depress, disappoint, dampen someone's hopes, dash someone's hopes, cause to lose heart; put off, unnerve, daunt, intimidate, cow, unman, crush; archaic deject. ANTONYMS encourage, hearten. 3 he looked the other way to discourage further conversation: prevent, stop, put a stop to, avert, fend off, stave off, ward off; inhibit, hinder, check, curb, obstruct, suppress, put a damper on, throw cold water on. ANTONYMS encourage. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD discourage, deter, dissuade Someone who lacks the authority to order another person not to do something may have to adopt other means of preventing them. ■ To discourage someone from doing something is to make them more reluctant to do or continue with it by undermining their confidence or optimism about their chances of success or about the desirability of what they are aiming to achieve (her father discouraged her from going into the legal profession ). Circumstances, as well as a person, may have this effect (their work experience has discouraged them from a career in engineering ), and the object of the verb can be an action rather than a person (inflation discourages investment ). Discourage can also be used to express official disapproval that stops short of an actual order (the Hospital discourages smoking ). ■ To deter someone from doing something involves creating, constituting, or pointing out a serious obstacle that will confront them if they go ahead with their plans (high fees deter some patients from visiting a consultant ). The object of deter can also be an action (the main aim of cruise missiles is to deter an attack ). The word is often associated with preventing crime and military aggression (even an unwired alarm box is often sufficient to deter a burglar ), and this sense is continued in the noun deterrent (NATO's nuclear deterrent ). ■ To dissuade someone is to use rational arguments that make them see the difficulty or undesirable nature of their proposed course of action (we tried to dissuade Steven from marrying ). The object of dissuade is always a person (or body of people ), not an action or event. These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

discouraged

discouraged adjective Doug must be feeling pretty discouraged: disheartened, dispirited, demoralized, deflated, disappointed, let down, disconsolate, despondent, fed up, dejected, cast down, downcast, depressed, crestfallen, dismayed, low-spirited, gloomy, glum, pessimistic, unenthusiastic, having lost heart, lacking in enthusiasm, lacking in confidence, unconfident; put off, daunted, intimidated, cowed, crushed; informal down in the mouth, down in the dumps, unenthused, with cold feet; literary heartsick, heartsore; archaic chap-fallen. ANTONYMS encouraged, optimistic.

 

discouragement

discouragement noun 1 his discouragement was partly caused by the failure to raise sufficient funds: dispiritedness, downheartedness, dejection, depression, demoralization, disappointment, despondency, hopelessness, lack of enthusiasm, lack of confidence, pessimism, despair, gloom, gloominess, low spirits; informal cold feet. ANTONYMS optimism. 2 a discouragement to crime: deterrent, disincentive; hindrance, obstacle, impediment, barrier, curb, check, damper, restraint, constraint, restriction; dissuasion; informal put-down; archaic damp. ANTONYMS incentive, stimulus.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

discourage

dis cour age /dɪskə́ːrɪdʒ |-kʌ́r -/〖dis (打ち消し )courage (勇気 )〗動詞 ～s /-ɪz /; ～d /-d /; -aging 他動詞 1 〈人 物 事が 〉〈人 行為 〉を妨害する ; 〈事 〉を抑止する ; 〖discourage A from doing 〗〈人 事などが 〉A 〈人 〉に …することを思いとどまらせる , やめさせる ▸ They tried to discourage him from going out in the storm .彼らは彼があらしの中を出かけようとするのを思いとどまらせようとした ▸ The outside lights were on to discourage intruders .侵入者を防ぐために外灯がつけてあった ▸ Fuel taxes may discourage energy consumption .燃料税によってエネルギー消費が抑えられるかもしれない 2 〈人 物 事が 〉〈人 〉を落胆させる , がっかりさせる ; 〈人 〉のやる気 [自信 ]を失わせる (↔encourage )(→分詞 discouraged , discouraging )▸ His father's careless words discouraged Tom .父親の不注意な言葉でトムはやる気をなくした .3 〖～ doing 〗〈人が 〉…することに同意しない, 反対する .

 

discouraged

dis c ó ur aged 形容詞 〖通例be ～〗〈人が 〉 «…に » 落胆した, がっかりした «by, about » ; やる気をなくした ▸ Annie was discouraged by the bad result .アニーはその悪い結果に落胆した .

 

discouragement

dis c ó ur age ment 名詞 1 U 落胆 [がっかり ] (すること ).2 U (人の行為を )阻止 [妨害 ]すること .3 C 落胆させる物 [事 ]; 阻止 [妨害 ]する物 [事 ].