discouragement

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[ UK /dɪskˈʌɹɪd‍ʒmənt/ ]
[ US /dɪˈskɝɪdʒmənt/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of discouraging
    the discouragement of petty theft
  2. the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
  3. the expression of opposition and disapproval
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How To Use discouragement In A Sentence

  • The feeling of discouragement usually goes away within a reasonable length of time.
  • Our goals should be high enough to motivate yet realistic enough to avoid discouragement.
  • Setting aside the discouragement of friends, they packed their bags and got ready to leave.
  • It takes both perseverance and technical knowledge to avoid discouragement and get to the good eats.
  • It is as if the entire party structure and philosophy had been geared towards the exclusion of participation and the discouragement of debate.
  • I would advocate active discouragement of such appeals.
  • And her reaction to her illness was, as best I can glean, fraught with fear, discouragement, and depression.
  • I believe your sword would proffer some discouragement to water predators," Jumper chittered, "I could loop their extremities with silk, and render them vulnerable to your sharp edge. Falcon Street
  • The council downplayed the security considerations, maintaining that any information that German repatriates might provide would ‘be more of a discouragement than of assistance to their compatriots.’
  • There is further discouragement for the players in that in the workplace only 3 % of reinstatement appeals are successful.
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