Hypertext Webster Gateway: "discourage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Discourage \Dis*cour"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Discouraged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discouraging}.] [Pref. dis- +
courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F. d['e]courager: 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Discourage \Dis*cour"age\, n.
Lack of courage; cowardliness.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
discourage
v 1: try to prevent; show opposition to: "We should discourage
this practice among our youth" [syn: {deter}]
2: deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to
feel discouraged [ant: {encourage}]
3: admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I
warned him not to go too far";"I warn you against false
assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet" [syn: {warn}, {admonish},
{monish}]
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