26984 words

discouragement

3 definitions • 3 examples
1
the state of having lost your confidence or enthusiasm for something:

Examples:

a feeling of discouragement
2
actions to prevent or try to prevent something from happening or someone from doing something:

Examples:

the discouragement of any direct action
3
a feeling of being less confident or less hopeful:

Examples:

He had known discouragement and failure, but in the end he persevered and wound up with a successful business.

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