adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of discourage form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.
2. 2
   unrecommended; unprescribed.

Adjective

1. 1
   made less hopeful or enthusiastic wordnet
2. 2
   lacking in resolution wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

brokencast downdasheddejecteddemoraliseddemoralized

Antonyms

All antonyms

encouraged

Example

More examples

"The chill of coming winter discouraged our picnic."

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