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discouragement

discouragement noun: the loss of confidence or enthusiasm.

Noun

discouragement (countable and uncountable, plural discouragements)

  1. The loss of confidence or enthusiasm.
  2. The act of discouraging.
  3. Anything that discourages.

discouragement meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Malayalam

discouragement in Hindi

discouragement, disheartenment, demoralization
हतोत्साहन hatotsāhan

discouragement in Bengali

discouragement, ennui, despair
অবসাদ obśad

discouragement in Malayalam

the act of discouraging
നിരുത്സാഹനം nirutsāhanaṁ, നിരുത്സാഹപ്പെടുത്തൽ nirutsāhappeṭuttal

Forms of discouragement

pluraldiscouragements

Plural of discouragement: discouragements

Origin of discouragement

From discourage + -ment.

Questions about discouragement

What does discouragement mean?
Discouragement means the loss of confidence or enthusiasm.
What is discouragement in Hindi?
Discouragement in Hindi is हतोत्साहन (hatotsāhan). See Discouragement meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is discouragement?
Discouragement is a noun.
What is the plural of discouragement?
The plural of discouragement is discouragements.

Words near discouragement in the dictionary

  1. discounts
  2. discourage
  3. discourageable
  4. discouraged
  5. discouragedly
  6. discouragement
  7. discouragements
  8. discourager
  9. discouragers
  10. discourages
  11. discouragest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: discouragement (page history and authors); हतोत्साहन (Hindi) (page history and authors); অবসাদ (Bengali) (page history and authors). 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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