discouraged

2 definitions found

discouraged - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Discourage \Dis*cour"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Discouraged; p. pr. & vb. n. Discouraging.] [Pref. dis- +
     courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F. d['e]courager: pref. des-
     (L. dis-) + corage, F. courage. See Courage.]
     1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress
        the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; --
        the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his
        undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like
        attempt.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest
              they be discouraged.                  --Col. iii.
                                                    21.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to
        seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they
        discouraged his efforts.
  
     Syn: To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade;
          disfavor.
          [1913 Webster]

discouraged - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  discouraged
      adj 1: made less hopeful or enthusiastic; "desperate demoralized
             people looking for work"; "felt discouraged by the
             magnitude of the problem"; "the disheartened instructor
             tried vainly to arouse their interest" [syn:
             demoralized, demoralised, discouraged,
             disheartened]
      2: lacking in resolution; "the accident left others discouraged
         about going there"