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discouraged en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒd/ (General-American)
  • /dɪsˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.
    • She felt discouraged after several unsuccessful interviews.
    • easily discouraged
    • The coach warned the team not to become discouraged.
    • deeply discouraged
    • feel discouraged
  2. unrecommended; unprescribed.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most discouraged Degree=Sup lexicographic
more discouraged Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

discouragedly · undiscouraged

Translations (11)

pt desanimado (disheartened) · es que se desaconseja (not recommended) · pt desencorajado (disheartened) · es ya no/poco/nada encorajado (disheartened) · pdt mootlooss (disheartened) · pt desaconselhado (not recommended) · fr déconseillé (not recommended) · es desalentado (disheartened) · es desaconsejado (not recommended) · mk обесхрабрен (disheartened) · pdt onmootich (disheartened)

discouraged en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒd/ (General-American)
  • /dɪsˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒd/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of discourage
    form of discourage