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v. To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit.

v. To hamper by discouraging; deter.

v. To try to prevent by expressing disapproval or raising objections.

v. To take away or reduce the courage of.

v. To persuade somebody not to do something.

v. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage

v. To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from.

n. Lack of courage; cowardliness.

To deprive of, or cause to lose, courage; dishearten; depress in spirit; deject; dispirit.

To lessen or repress courage for; obstruct by opposition or difficulty; dissuade or hinder from: as, to discourage emigration; ill success discourages effort; low prices discourage industry.

To lose courage.

n. Want of courage, cowardice.

v. admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior

v. try to prevent; show opposition to

v. deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

"In the 1970s, King Bhumibol Adulyadej coined the term to discourage indebtedness caused by overinvestment and overconsumption in rural areas."

encourage   

discouraged    discourages    discouraging   

advise    rede    counsel    reject    disapprove   

restrain    deter    dissuade   

depress    cast down    get down    deject    demoralise    intimidate    demoralize    restrain    dispirit    dismay   

disfavor    depress    deject    dishearten    dissuade    dispirit    discountenance    cowardliness   

burrage    courage    encourage