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discourage English

Meaning discourage meaning

What does discourage mean?
Definitions in simple English

discourage Verb

— If someone discourages you, they are persuading you to not to do something. The government's plan is to discourage the people from owning cars.

discourage

— verb try to prevent; show opposition to We should discourage this practice among our youth — verb deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged — verb (= warn, admonish) 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

Synonyms discourage synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as discourage?

discourage English » English

dishearten depress deter dissuade dispirit disappoint deject warn demoralize prevent monish discountenance dampen alienate scare sadden oppress make sad impede hinder demoralise daunt dash damp chill advise against admonish win over weaken vanquish use up unman turn back tranquilize to express disapproval tired tame take down tackle surmount suppress stop still stifle soothe slay slaughter shoot dead shoot quiten

Topics discourage topics

What do people use discourage to talk about?
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad

Sad
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Disappointed
Language and thought Want Influence

Warn

Conjugation discourage conjugation

How do you conjugate discourage?

discourage · verb

Examples discourage examples

How do I use discourage in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom doesn't want to discourage Mary.
Tom tried to discourage Mary from going out with John.
Let's not discourage him.
Don't let his comments discourage you; I believe in you.
I didn't want to discourage Tom.
I've tried to discourage Tom from doing that.
I have tried to discourage him from going abroad.
She did not let failure discourage her.
Let's not discourage Tom.

Movie subtitles

Yes. Of course, don't let me discourage you. L.
I hope it'll discourage her and her confounded appeals.
These people like me and respect me and they discourage those who don't.
League to Discourage Citizens in Public Life.
I wouldn't discourage you.
It was the other little familiarity that I felt obliged to discourage.
The ones that discourage any advances in the dark.
I've seen the other side of the street. I'm going to be very hard to discourage.
We're trying to discourage the use of that word.
I am hardly in a position to discourage marriage.
By making this example of you, I discourage treason.
Advocates, they do everything they can to discourage us.
But you discourage them all.
You can't discourage me.
He might try to discourage you. - Discourage me?
But did that discourage them?
Momma, don't discourage George right now.
Look here, you're not going to let an old fellow like Professor Kilbane discourage you are you?
I only did that to discourage you from enquiring into my background.
I'm going to be very hard to discourage.
Don't let that discourage you.
But the idea was to discourage the Ruskies from any hope. they could knock out Washington, and yourself, as part of a sneak attack. and escape retaliation because of lack of proper command and control.
Oh, Mr. Havez, I believe you're trying to discourage me.
I tried my best to discourage him.
Why didn't you tell me Before I thought I could discourage him.
We're trying to discourage the use of that word. Such a melodramatic air.
I don't want to discourage.
Two, we'll discourage the Tokugawas will to fight and prevent war from happening.
Albert, please go one with. what you were saying about advocates. Advocates, they do everything they can to discourage us.
A Cognac. I don't understand why you have to discourage him like this.
We have to be firm till night to discourage the. enemy and encourage the peasants to come back, to fight and to win.
We've got to discourage this bounty hunting for the Barrow Gang.

News and current affairs

A Labour government, wielding tax proposals specifically designed to hit private foreign investors, would certainly discourage inflows.
Financial sanctions, for instance, discourage the development of a modern and transparent financial system, integrated with the rest of the world.
Private insurance would discourage construction in the most dangerous locations, owing to prohibitively high premiums, while encouraging the adoption of tsunami-resistant building standards in marginal areas.
Just as governments have used laws, regulations, and other tools with great success to discourage smoking, so must they encourage citizens to eat a balanced diet - for the sake of their health and that of our planet.
Partisan abuse of the country's administrative structures to discourage dissent is widespread, particularly the use of tax collectors to harass opponents.
Higher real interest rates discourage credit-financed purchases by households and businesses.
Northern European opposition to Eurobonds reflects moral-hazard concerns that monetary activism will discourage structural reforms.
Governments may get better terms, but they may also become embroiled in international investment disputes and discourage other investors.
Unsurprisingly, rules that make it difficult to fire established workers discourage employers from hiring new ones.
If we care about environmental and other externalities, should we want oil prices to go up, because that will discourage oil consumption, or down because that will discourage oil production?
Ironically, one early argument used by the Bush administration to resist increases in unemployment benefits was that it would discourage workers from looking for a job.
In addition, tax systems and social-welfare programs in many countries are designed in ways that discourage women from working.
Such abuses of market power discourage innovation.
To revive growth, others must be encouraged to spend - governments that can still borrow should run larger deficits, and rock-bottom interest rates should discourage thrifty households from saving.
Allowing the renminbi to appreciate as a way of encouraging imports may also discourage exports, the traditional motor of Chinese growth.
In the case of inward FDI, protectionism involves new official measures that are used to prevent or discourage investors from coming to or staying in a host country.
For outward FDI, protectionism involves measures that require domestic companies to repatriate assets or operations to the home country, or that discourage certain types of new investments abroad.
The structure of service delivery and the funding of health services work to discourage professionals from the art of care-giving, and can, in fact, undermine the practitioner's efforts.
Emerging-market countries are turning to an array of techniques to discourage capital inflows or sterilize their effect on the exchange rate.
WASHINGTON, DC - Is it appropriate to use trade agreements to discourage countries from using large-scale intervention in the foreign-exchange market to hold down their currencies' value?
Legal requirements that significantly increase the costs of hiring and firing labor discourage employment creation in new industries.
Taking away the prize of ministerial office from elected representatives might discourage wealth-maximizing politicians from entering politics.

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