discouraged
Syllables: dis·cour·agedUK/dɪsˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒd//dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒd/
discouraged adjective: having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened. Also the simple past and past participle of discourage.
Adjective
discouraged (comparative more discouraged, superlative most discouraged)
- Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.
- deeply discouraged
- easily discouraged
- unrecommended; unprescribed.
Also used as
discouraged is also the simple past and past participle of discourage.
discouraged meaning in Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada and Punjabi
discouraged in Bengali
- নিরুৎসাহিত
discouraged in Malayalam
- നിരുത്സാഹപ്പെടുത്തി
discouraged in Kannada
- ನಿರುತ್ಸಾಹಗೊಂಡ
discouraged in Punjabi
- ਨਿਰਉਤਸ਼ਾਹਿਤ
More languagesFewer languages
- discouraged in Odia
- ନିରୁତ୍ସାହିତ
- discouraged in Nepali
- निरुत्साहित
Examples of discouraged in a sentence
- She felt discouraged after several unsuccessful interviews.
- The coach warned the team not to become discouraged.
Forms of discouraged
| comparative | more discouraged |
|---|---|
| superlative | most discouraged |
Words formed from discouraged
Questions about discouraged
- What does discouraged mean?
- Discouraged means having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.
- What is discouraged in Bengali?
- Discouraged in Bengali is নিরুৎসাহিত. See Discouraged meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use discouraged in a sentence?
- She felt discouraged after several unsuccessful interviews.
- What part of speech is discouraged?
- Discouraged is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce discouraged?
- Discouraged is pronounced /dɪsˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒd/ (UK).
Words near discouraged in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: discouraged (page history and authors); discouraged (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); discouraged (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); discouraged (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); discouraged (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); discouraged (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); discouraged (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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