discourage
verbEtymology
From Middle French descourager (modern French décourager), from Old French descouragier, from des- and corage. By surface analysis, dis- + courage.
- derived from descouragier
- derived from descourager
Definitions
To extinguish the courage of
To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
- Don't be discouraged by the amount of work left to do: you'll finish it in good time.
- Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
To persuade somebody not to do (something).
- Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.
Lack of courage
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at discourage. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at discourage. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at discourage
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA