Discouragements
[dɪ'skɜ:rɪdʒmənts]
Examples
- 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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