discourage

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French descourager (modern French décourager), from Old French descouragier, from des- and corage. By surface analysis, dis- +‎ courage. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪsˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒ/ (General American) IPA(key): /dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒ/ Hyphenation: dis‧cour‧age === Verb === discourage (third-person singular simple present discourages, present participle discouraging, simple past and past participle discouraged) (transitive) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject. (transitive) To persuade somebody not to do (something). ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Antonyms ==== encourage ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === discourage (uncountable) (rare) Lack of courage ==== Synonyms ==== (lack of courage): cowardliness === Further reading === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “discourage”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.