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discouraged - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'discouraged' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Discouraged [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Discourage

Meaning of 'discouraged' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . discouraged [ s]
Meaning (1):
- made less hopeful or enthusiastic
Example in sentence:
  • desperate demoralized people looking for work;
  • felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem;
  • the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest
Meaning (2):
- lacking in resolution
Example in sentence:
  • the accident left others discouraged about going there

Nearby Words:

dis dis- disabilities disability disable disabled disablement disabling disabuse disabused

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