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1 discouraged
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2 discourage
1) (to take away the confidence, hope etc of: His lack of success discouraged him.) desanimar2) (to try to prevent (by showing disapproval etc): She discouraged all his attempts to get to know her.) desencorajar/desviar, afastar, inibir3) ((with from) to persuade against: The rain discouraged him from going camping.) dissuadir•* * *dis.cour.age[disk'∧ridʒ] vt 1 descoroçoar, desanimar, tirar o ânimo ou a coragem, desalentar. 2 dissuadir, intimidar, acanhar, impedir, desaconselhar. -
3 discourage
1) (to take away the confidence, hope etc of: His lack of success discouraged him.) desestimular2) (to try to prevent (by showing disapproval etc): She discouraged all his attempts to get to know her.) desencorajar3) ((with from) to persuade against: The rain discouraged him from going camping.) desencorajar• -
4 defeatist
noun, adjective ((of) a person who gives up too easily and is too easily discouraged: She is such a defeatist; She has a defeatist attitude to life.) derrotista* * *de.feat.ist[dif'i:tist] n derrotista. -
5 dispirited
[di'spiritid](sad and discouraged.) desalentado* * *dis.pir.it.ed[disp'iritid] adj desanimado, descoroçoado, deprimido, abatido. -
6 undaunted
(fearless; not discouraged: He was undaunted by his failure.) impávido* * *un.daunt.ed[∧nd'ɔ:ntid] adj 1 destemido, intrépido, audaz. 2 não desanimado ou intimidado. -
7 unnerve
(to make someone feel nervous or discouraged: The look on his face unnerved her.)* * *un.nerve[∧nn'ə:v] vt 1 enervar, aborrecer, enfraquecer, debilitar. 2 desanimar, desalentar. -
8 lose heart
(to become discouraged.) desanimar -
9 defeatist
noun, adjective ((of) a person who gives up too easily and is too easily discouraged: She is such a defeatist; She has a defeatist attitude to life.) derrotista -
10 dispirited
[di'spiritid](sad and discouraged.) desanimado -
11 lose heart
(to become discouraged.) perder coragem -
12 undaunted
(fearless; not discouraged: He was undaunted by his failure.) -
13 unnerve
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discouraged — index arrested (checked), disappointed, disconsolate, lugubrious, pessimistic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
discouraged — [adj] disheartened beat, beatdown, blue, caved in, come apart, crestfallen, dashed, daunted, depressed, deterred, dismayed, dispirited, down, downbeat, downcast, downin mouth*, glum*, gone to pieces*, in a funk*, in blue funk*, in the dumps*,… … New thesaurus
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discouraged — un·discouraged; … English syllables
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