Don't let this discourage you from trying it again.
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Discourage
//dɪsˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒ//
Synonyms for "discourage" (123 found)
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Closest matches (25)
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Related words (61)
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2 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
86 translations across 30 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- адгаво́рваць verb (to dishearten)
Bulgarian
3 entries- обезкура́жавам verb (to dishearten)
- обезсърчавам verb (to dishearten)
- разубежда́вам verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
Catalan
4 entries- desalenar verb (to dishearten)
- desanimar verb (to dishearten)
- descoratjar verb (to dishearten)
- dissuadir verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 令人愁悶 /令人愁闷 verb (to dishearten)
- 使沮喪 /使沮丧 verb (to dishearten)
Czech
3 entries- odradit verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
- vzít odvahu verb (to dishearten)
- zastrašit verb (to dishearten)
Dutch
3 entries- afraden om verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
- ontmoedigen verb (to dishearten)
- ontraden verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
Esperanto
1 entries- senkuraĝigi verb (to dishearten)
Finnish
4 entries- ehkäistä verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
- ehkäistä ennalta verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
- lannistaa verb (to dishearten)
- nujertaa verb (to dishearten)
French
2 entries- dissuader verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
- décourager verb (to dishearten)
Galician
3 entries- desalentar verb (to dishearten)
- desalentar verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
- desanimar verb (to dishearten)
Georgian
4 entries- გადაათქმევინებს verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
- გადათქმევინება verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
- გულს უცრუებს verb (to dishearten)
- ხალისს აკარგვინებს verb (to dishearten)
German
4 entries- abbringen von verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
- abraten verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
- abraten von verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
- abschrecken verb (to dishearten)
Greek
3 entries- αποθαρρύνω verb (to dishearten)
- αποθαρρύνω verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
- αποκαρδιώνω verb (to dishearten)
Hungarian
1 entries- elbátortalanít verb (to dishearten)
Italian
1 entries- scoraggiare verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
Japanese
4 entries- がっかりさせる verb (to dishearten)
- 思い止まらせる verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
- 抑止する verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
- 落胆させる verb (to dishearten)
Latin
1 entries- dehortor verb (to dishearten)
Macedonian
2 entries- обесхрабрува verb (to dishearten)
- одвраќа verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
Māori
1 entries- whakapāhunu verb (to dishearten)
Norwegian
1 entries- å ikke anbefale verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
Old English
1 entries- mistyhtan verb (to dishearten)
Persian
3 entries- بیجُراَت ساختن verb (to dishearten)
- دِلسَرد کردن verb (to dishearten)
- سُست کردن verb (to dishearten)
Polish
2 entries- zniechęcać verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
- zniechęcić verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
Portuguese
4 entries- desalentar verb (to dishearten)
- desanimar verb (to dishearten)
- desencorajar verb (to dishearten)
- desencorajar verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
Romanian
1 entries- descuraja verb (to dishearten)
Russian
4 entries- обескура́живать verb (to dishearten)
- обескура́жить verb (to dishearten)
- отбива́ть охо́ту verb (to dishearten)
- отгова́ривать verb (to dishearten)
Spanish
4 entries- acobardar verb (to dishearten)
- desalentar verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
- desanimar verb (to dishearten)
- descorazonar verb (to dishearten)
Swedish
1 entries- avskräcka verb (to dishearten)
Telugu
2 entries- నిరుత్సాహపరుచు verb (to dishearten)
- నిరుత్సాహపరుచు verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
Turkish
2 entries- vazgeçirmek verb (to persuade somebody not to do something)
- şevkini kırmak verb (to dishearten)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
I have tried to discourage him from going abroad.
Source: tatoeba (260363)
She did not let failure discourage her.
Source: tatoeba (264961)
Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
Source: tatoeba (906641)
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