[
UK
/dɪskˈʌɹɪdʒmənt/
]
[ US /dɪˈskɝɪdʒmənt/ ]
[ US /dɪˈskɝɪdʒmənt/ ]
NOUN
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the act of discouraging
the discouragement of petty theft - the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
- 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.