Deprive of courage or confidence
1discourage — I verb advise against, affright, animum frangere, argue against, avert, cast down, cause discontent, cause dislike, cause doubt, caution, contraindicate, convince to the contrary, dampen, daunt, deflect, dehort, deject, demoralize, deprecate,… …
2demoralize — v. a. 1. Corrupt, deprave, vitiate, deprive of moral principle. 2. (Mil.) Deprive of courage or confidence, break down the morale or discipline of …
3discourage — transitive verb ( aged; aging) Etymology: Middle English discoragen, from Middle French descorager, from Old French descoragier, from des dis + corage courage Date: 15th century 1. to deprive of courage or confidence ; …
4unnerve — verb deprive of courage or confidence. Derivatives unnerving adjective unnervingly adverb …
5unnerve — ► VERB ▪ deprive of courage or confidence. DERIVATIVES unnerving adjective …
6unnerving — unnerve ► VERB ▪ deprive of courage or confidence. DERIVATIVES unnerving adjective …
7discourage — discourager, n. discourageable, adj. discouragingly, adv. /di skerr ij, skur /, v., discouraged, discouraging. v.t. 1. to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit. 2. to dissuade (usually fol. by from) …
8discourage — [di skʉr′ij] vt. discouraged, discouraging [ME discoragen < OFr descoragier: see DIS & COURAGE] 1. to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten 2. to advise or persuade (a person) to refrain 3. to prevent or try to prevent by… …
9dismay — [dis mā′] vt. [ME dismayen < Anglo Fr * desmaier < des , intens. + OFr esmayer, to deprive of power < VL * exmagare < L ex , from + Gmc base * mag, power: see MAIN] to make afraid or discouraged at the prospect of trouble or danger;… …
10discourage — v.tr. 1 deprive of courage, confidence, or energy. 2 (usu. foll. by from) dissuade (discouraged him from going). 3 show disapproval of (smoking is discouraged). Derivatives: discouragement n. discouragingly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF descouragier… …
