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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

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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