Discouragement
[dɪs'kʌrɪdʒm(ə)nt] or [dɪs'kɝɪdʒmənt]
Definition
(noun.) the act of discouraging; 'the discouragement of petty theft'.
(noun.) the expression of opposition and disapproval.
(noun.) the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles.
Editor: Will--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.
(n.) That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; as, the revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement.
Edited by Antony
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1].Disheartening.[2].Dissuasion, dehortation, counter influence.[3].Embarrassment, hinderance, obstacle, impediment, damper, wet blanket, cold water.
Editor: Myra
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ENCOURAGE]
Editor: Lorna
Examples
- No incitement to the attention of the sovereign can ever counterbalance the smallest discouragement to that of the landlord. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Arduous work was at once resumed at home on duplex and quadruplex telegraphy, just as though there had been no intermission or discouragement over dots twenty-seven feet long. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Agriculture, therefore, can support itself under the discouragement of a confined market much better than manufactures. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Mostly these men have worked against great discouragement, with insufficient funds and small help or support from the mass of mankind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Dorothea, submitting uneasily to this discouragement, went with Celia into the library, which was her usual drawing-room. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It would have been too great a discouragement to the cultivation of that plant in Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- And next to the discouragement of solitary self-torture it is Benedict's distinction that he insisted upon hard work. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Notwithstanding the success of his machine, which on public exhibition beat five of the swiftest hand sewers, he met only discouragement and disappointment. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Italian, Spanish and German brought similar discouragement. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- With characteristic pertinacity, Mr. Lowrey stood by the inventor through thick and thin, in spite of doubt, discouragement, and ridicule, until at last success crowned his efforts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Under all these discouragements, little improvement could be expected from the occupiers of land. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Her heart was set on performing her promise to Tom and Aunt Chloe, and she sighed as discouragements thickened around her. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I expect to work with both hands,--to work _hard_; to work against all sorts of difficulties and discouragements; and to work till I die. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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