Word family noun encouragement ≠ discouragement adjective encouraged ≠ discouraged encouraging ≠ discouraging verb encourage ≠ discourage adverb encouragingly ≠ discouragingly
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdiscourageddis‧cour‧aged /dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒd $ -ˈkɜːr-/ ●●○ adjective no longer having the confidence you need to continue doing something SYN demoralized OPP encouraged A lot of players get discouraged and quit.► see thesaurus at confidentExamples from the Corpus
discouraged• Hartman was so discouraged about the way his performing career was going, that he gave up acting for writing.• I was very discouraged at the time, but I still hoped we could find a solution.• Discouraged by her failed marriages, she gradually withdrew from the world.• He doesn't get discouraged easily.• Students with learning difficulties who do not have a dedicated teacher can become discouraged very easily.• It's raising morale amongst a once discouraged workforce.get discouraged• The game is simple enough that beginners won't get discouraged.• But neither does he get discouraged.• Finally, though, even Pollyanna gets discouraged.• I told Deborah not to get discouraged.• In the end the foreign investors had got discouraged and had gone elsewhere.• I expect Jasper got discouraged by a lack of spontaneity.• He doesn't get discouraged easily.• Even if you get discouraged from seeing no results from all your efforts, what you write makes a difference.• I didn't get discouraged when my shot didn't fall. 