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discouraging definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb discourage 1 of 3 senses of discourage Sense 2 discourage => frustrate, spoil, thwart => depress, deject, cast down get down dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise => dishearten, put off => intimidate, restrain Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb discourage 1 of 3 senses of discourage Sense 2 discourage => frustrate, spoil, thwart => disappoint, let down => fail betray => fall short, come short => disenchant, disillusion => depress, deject, cast down get down dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise => chill => dishearten, put off => intimidate, restrain => daunt, dash, scare off pall, frighten off scare away frighten away scare Entailment of verb discourage Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb discourage 3 senses of discourage Sense 1 deter, discourage => disapprove, reject Sense 2 discourage Sense 3 warn, discourage, admonish, monish => advise, counsel Familiarity of verb discourage discourage used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb discourage Sense 1 deter, discourage => disapprove, reject -------------- Sense 2 discourage -------------- Sense 3 warn, discourage, admonish, monish => advise, counsel -------------- Overview of verb discourage The verb discourage has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (12) deter, discourage -- (try to prevent; show opposition to: "We should discourage this practice among our youth") 2. (4) discourage -- (deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from cause to feel discouraged) 3. (2) warn, discourage, admonish, monish -- (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") Overview of adj discouraging The adj discouraging has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) discouraging -- (depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action "where never is heard a discouraging word") 2. discouraging -- (expressing disapproval) Antonyms of adj discouraging 2 senses of discouraging Sense 1 discouraging (vs. encouraging) encouraging (vs. discouraging) => exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatory => heartening, inspiriting => promotive => rallying Sense 2 discouraging INDIRECT (VIA dissuasive) -> persuasive Similarity of adj discouraging 2 senses of discouraging Sense 1 discouraging (vs. encouraging) => daunting, intimidating => demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting => frustrating => unencouraging Also See-> dissuasive#1; hopeless#1; unhelpful#1 Sense 2 discouraging => dissuasive (vs. persuasive) Attributes of adj discouraging Familiarity of adj discouraging discouraging used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj discouraging discouraging Overview of verb discourage The verb discourage has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (12) deter, discourage -- (try to prevent; show opposition to: "We should discourage this practice among our youth") 2. (4) discourage -- (deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from cause to feel discouraged) 3. (2) warn, discourage, admonish, monish -- (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") Overview of adj discouraging The adj discouraging has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) discouraging -- (depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action "where never is heard a discouraging word") 2. discouraging -- (expressing disapproval)
discouraging definition
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