What is another word for discourage?
1467 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dɪskˈʌɹɪd͡ʒ], [ dɪskˈʌɹɪdʒ], [ d_ɪ_s_k_ˈʌ_ɹ_ɪ_dʒ]
Discourage is a common term used to describe a state of feeling overwhelmed and demotivated. While this term is valid, it is also imperative to have a broader range of synonyms to help effectively express oneself. In this regard, there are many synonyms that one can use interchangeably with 'discourage.' Some of the most popular synonyms for this word include dissuade, demotivate, dishearten, dispirit, detract, deter, and deflate. Each of these synonyms can be used to describe a situation where one feels downhearted, disenchanted or disillusioned. With this wider range of synonyms, one can now express oneself more effectively by choosing the most suitable term for each situation.
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Similar words for discourage:
- admonish (noun)
- cast down (noun)
- discourage (noun)
- bar (verb)
- check (verb)
- dampen (verb)
- daunt (verb)
- de-motivate (verb)
- delay (verb)
- demoralize (verb)
- depress (verb)
- deter (verb)
- deter, dissuade; restrain (verb)
- disappoint (verb)
- discountenance (verb)
- dishearten (verb)
- dishearten, dispirit (verb)
- dismay (verb)
- disparage (verb)
- dissuade (verb)
- divert (verb)
- emotion (verb)
- frown (verb)
- frustrate (verb)
- inhibit (verb)
- puncture (verb)
- rebuff (verb)
- sadden (verb)
- scarify (verb)
- unnerve (verb)
- wean (verb)
Synonyms for Discourage:
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- persuasion .
- cast .
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v.
• bar- de bar ,
- de barred ,
- de barring ,
- de bars ,
- de-bar ,
- de-barred ,
- de-barring ,
- de-bars ,
- dis allow ,
- dis allowed ,
- dis allowing ,
- dis allows ,
- dis courage ,
- dis courages ,
- dis-allow ,
- dis-allowed ,
- dis-allowing ,
- dis-allows ,
- dis-courage ,
- dis-courages ,
- ex cept ,
- ex-cept ,
- freezes out ,
- freezing out ,
- froze out ,
- inter dict ,
- inter fere ,
- inter feres ,
- inter-dict ,
- inter-fere ,
- inter-feres ,
- out lawed ,
- out lawing ,
- out-lawed ,
- out-lawing ,
- over ridden ,
- over ride ,
- over rides ,
- over riding ,
- over rode ,
- over-ridden ,
- over-rides ,
- over-riding ,
- over-rode ,
- pre vent ,
- pre vented ,
- pre venting ,
- pre vents ,
- pre-vent ,
- pre-vented ,
- pre-venting ,
- pre-vents ,
- re fuse ,
- re fused ,
- re fuses ,
- re fusing ,
- re strain ,
- re strained ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re-fuse ,
- re-fused ,
- re-fuses ,
- re-fusing ,
- re-strain ,
- re-strained ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains .
- Bitting ,
- counter act ,
- counter acted ,
- counter acting ,
- counter acts ,
- counter-act ,
- counter-acted ,
- counter-acting ,
- counter-acts ,
- holds down ,
- holds in ,
- nip bud ,
- nip in bud ,
- nip the bud ,
- played for time ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re press ,
- re pressed ,
- re presses ,
- re pressing ,
- re pulse ,
- re pulsed ,
- re pulses ,
- re pulsing ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- re-press ,
- re-presses ,
- re-pressing ,
- re-pulse ,
- re-pulsed ,
- re-pulses ,
- re-pulsing ,
- reining in ,
- slackened pace ,
- slackening pace ,
- slackens pace ,
- slowing down ,
- slows down ,
- with held ,
- with hold ,
- with holding ,
- with holds ,
- with-held ,
- with-hold ,
- with-holds .
- co wed ,
- co wing ,
- co-wed ,
- co-wing ,
- over awe ,
- over awed ,
- over awes ,
- over awing ,
- over-awe ,
- over-awed ,
- over-awes ,
- over-awing ,
- sub due ,
- sub dues ,
- sub-due ,
- sub-dues .
- bided time ,
- bides time ,
- biding time ,
- bode time ,
- de lay ,
- de laying ,
- de lays ,
- de tain ,
- de tains ,
- de-lay ,
- de-laying ,
- de-lays ,
- de-tain ,
- de-tains ,
- dilly dally ,
- gained time ,
- gaining time ,
- gains time ,
- holds over ,
- intermits ,
- laid over ,
- laying over ,
- lays over ,
- post pone ,
- post pones ,
- post-pone ,
- post-pones ,
- pro long ,
- pro longing ,
- pro longs ,
- pro rogue ,
- pro rogued ,
- pro rogues ,
- pro roguing ,
- pro tract ,
- pro tracts ,
- pro-long ,
- pro-longed ,
- pro-longing ,
- pro-longs ,
- pro-rogue ,
- pro-rogued ,
- pro-rogues ,
- pro-roguing ,
- pro-tract ,
- pro-tracts ,
- re strict ,
- re-strict .
- blew out ,
- blows out ,
- de moralize ,
- de moralized ,
- de moralizes ,
- de moralizing ,
- de-moralize ,
- de-moralized ,
- de-moralizes ,
- de-moralizing ,
- dis arrange ,
- dis arranged ,
- dis arranges ,
- dis arranging ,
- dis concert ,
- dis concerted ,
- dis concerting ,
- dis concerts ,
- dis order ,
- dis ordered ,
- dis ordering ,
- dis orders ,
- dis organize ,
- dis organized ,
- dis organizes ,
- dis organizing ,
- dis-arrange ,
- dis-arranged ,
- dis-arranges ,
- dis-arranging ,
- dis-concert ,
- dis-concerted ,
- dis-concerting ,
- dis-concerts ,
- dis-order ,
- dis-ordered ,
- dis-ordering ,
- dis-orders ,
- dis-organize ,
- dis-organized ,
- dis-organizes ,
- dis-organizing ,
- gat to ,
- gotten to ,
- psyching out ,
- psychs out ,
- sending up ,
- takes apart ,
- takes steam out ,
- taking steam out ,
- took steam out ,
- un glue ,
- un glued ,
- un glues ,
- un gluing ,
- un man ,
- un manned ,
- un manning ,
- un mans ,
- un settle ,
- un settled ,
- un settles ,
- un settling ,
- un zip ,
- un zipping ,
- un zips ,
- un-glue ,
- un-glued ,
- un-glues ,
- un-gluing ,
- un-man ,
- un-manned ,
- un-manning ,
- un-mans ,
- un-settle ,
- un-settled ,
- un-settles ,
- un-settling ,
- un-zip ,
- un-zipped ,
- un-zipping ,
- un-zips ,
- under mined ,
- under mining ,
- under-mined ,
- under-mining ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting .
- beating down ,
- beats down ,
- bumming out ,
- bums out ,
- casts down ,
- de base ,
- de based ,
- de basing ,
- de grade ,
- de graded ,
- de grades ,
- de grading ,
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de solate ,
- de solated ,
- de solates ,
- de solating ,
- de vitalize ,
- de vitalized ,
- de vitalizes ,
- de vitalizing ,
- de-base ,
- de-based ,
- de-basing ,
- de-grade ,
- de-graded ,
- de-grades ,
- de-grading ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- de-solate ,
- de-solated ,
- de-solates ,
- de-solating ,
- de-vitalize ,
- de-vitalized ,
- de-vitalizes ,
- de-vitalizing ,
- dis tress ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tressed ,
- dis-tresses ,
- keeping under ,
- reduce tears ,
- reduced tears ,
- reduced to tears ,
- reduces tears ,
- reduces to tears ,
- reducing tears ,
- reducing to tears ,
- threw cold water on ,
- throwing cold water on ,
- throws cold water on ,
- turned one off ,
- turning one off ,
- turns one off .
- act like wet blanket ,
- acted like a wet blanket ,
- acted like wet blanket ,
- acting like a wet blanket ,
- acting like wet blanket ,
- acts like a wet blanket ,
- acts like wet blanket ,
- dis advise ,
- dis advised ,
- dis advises ,
- dis advising ,
- dis-advise ,
- dis-advised ,
- dis-advises ,
- dis-advising ,
- disadvised ,
- disadvises ,
- disadvising ,
- fore stall ,
- fore stalled ,
- fore stalling ,
- fore stalls ,
- fore-stall ,
- fore-stalled ,
- fore-stalling ,
- fore-stalls ,
- forfended ,
- forfending ,
- forfends ,
- puts a damper on ,
- puts damper on ,
- putting a damper on ,
- putting damper on ,
- talked out of ,
- talks out of .
- counted me out ,
- counting me out ,
- counts me out ,
- dis approve ,
- dis approved ,
- dis approves ,
- dis approving ,
- dis commend ,
- dis commended ,
- dis commending ,
- dis commends ,
- dis countenance ,
- dis countenanced ,
- dis countenances ,
- dis countenancing ,
- dis esteem ,
- dis esteemed ,
- dis esteeming ,
- dis esteems ,
- dis favor ,
- dis favored ,
- dis favoring ,
- dis favors ,
- dis-approve ,
- dis-approved ,
- dis-approves ,
- dis-approving ,
- dis-commend ,
- dis-commended ,
- dis-commending ,
- dis-commends ,
- dis-countenance ,
- dis-countenanced ,
- dis-countenances ,
- dis-countenancing ,
- dis-esteem ,
- dis-esteemed ,
- dis-esteeming ,
- dis-esteems ,
- dis-favor ,
- dis-favored ,
- dis-favoring ,
- dis-favors ,
- discommended ,
- discommending ,
- discommends ,
- frowning on ,
- frowns on ,
- held no brief for ,
- holding no brief for ,
- holds no brief for ,
- objected to ,
- objecting to ,
- objects to ,
- takes a dim view of ,
- takes dim view of ,
- takes exception to ,
- taking a dim view of ,
- taking dim view of ,
- taking exception to ,
- took a dim view of ,
- took dim view of ,
- took exception to .
- dis hearten ,
- dis heartened ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis heartens ,
- dis incline ,
- dis inclined ,
- dis inclines ,
- dis inclining ,
- dis-hearten ,
- dis-heartened ,
- dis-heartening ,
- dis-heartens ,
- dis-incline ,
- dis-inclined ,
- dis-inclines ,
- dis-inclining ,
- in dispose ,
- in disposed ,
- in disposes ,
- in disposing ,
- in-dispose ,
- in-disposed ,
- in-disposes ,
- in-disposing ,
- indisposes ,
- threw a pall over ,
- threw pall over ,
- throw pall over ,
- throwing a pall over ,
- throwing pall over ,
- throws a pall over ,
- throws pall over .
- abash ,
- afflict ,
- appall ,
- awe ,
- bother ,
- bully ,
- chill ,
- confuse ,
- cow ,
- deprecate ,
- distress ,
- droop ,
- intimidate ,
- irk ,
- prostrate ,
- repress ,
- scare ,
- trouble ,
- try ,
- vex ,
- weigh .
- be wilder ,
- be wildered ,
- be wildering ,
- be wilders ,
- be-wilder ,
- be-wildered ,
- be-wildering ,
- be-wilders ,
- dis comfit ,
- dis comfits ,
- dis compose ,
- dis composed ,
- dis composes ,
- dis composing ,
- dis illusion ,
- dis illusioned ,
- dis illusions ,
- dis may ,
- dis mayed ,
- dis maying ,
- dis mays ,
- dis quiet ,
- dis quieted ,
- dis quieting ,
- dis quiets ,
- dis-comfit ,
- dis-comfits ,
- dis-compose ,
- dis-composed ,
- dis-composes ,
- dis-composing ,
- dis-illusion ,
- dis-illusioned ,
- dis-illusions ,
- dis-may ,
- dis-mayed ,
- dis-maying ,
- dis-mays ,
- dis-quiet ,
- dis-quieted ,
- dis-quieting ,
- dis-quiets ,
- mucking up ,
- mucks up ,
- snafuing ,
- threw in to a tizzy ,
- threw in to tizzy ,
- threw into a tizzy ,
- threw into tizzy ,
- throw in to a tizzy ,
- throw in to tizzy ,
- throwing in to a tizzy ,
- throwing in to tizzy ,
- throwing into a tizzy ,
- throwing into tizzy ,
- throws in to a tizzy ,
- throws in to tizzy ,
- throws into a tizzy ,
- throws into tizzy ,
- un hinge ,
- un hinged ,
- un hinges ,
- un hinging ,
- un-hinge ,
- un-hinged ,
- un-hinges ,
- un-hinging .
- be littles ,
- be-little ,
- be-littles ,
- cried down ,
- cries down ,
- crying down ,
- de cried ,
- de cries ,
- de cry ,
- de crying ,
- de fame ,
- de famed ,
- de fames ,
- de faming ,
- de ride ,
- de rides ,
- de riding ,
- de-cried ,
- de-cries ,
- de-cry ,
- de-crying ,
- de-fame ,
- de-famed ,
- de-fames ,
- de-faming ,
- de-ride ,
- de-rides ,
- de-riding ,
- dis credit ,
- dis credited ,
- dis crediting ,
- dis credits ,
- dis missed ,
- dis missing ,
- dis praise ,
- dis praised ,
- dis praises ,
- dis praising ,
- dis-credit ,
- dis-credited ,
- dis-crediting ,
- dis-credits ,
- dis-missed ,
- dis-missing ,
- dis-praise ,
- dis-praised ,
- dis-praises ,
- dis-praising ,
- dissed ,
- disses ,
- downcried ,
- downcries ,
- downcrying ,
- dumping on ,
- dumps on ,
- puts hooks in ,
- putting hooks in ,
- soured grapes ,
- souring grapes ,
- sours grapes ,
- under estimate ,
- under estimated ,
- under estimates ,
- under estimating ,
- under rate ,
- under rated ,
- under rates ,
- under rating ,
- under value ,
- under valued ,
- under values ,
- under-estimate ,
- under-estimated ,
- under-estimating ,
- under-rate ,
- under-rated ,
- under-rates ,
- under-rating ,
- under-value ,
- under-valued ,
- under-values ,
- under-valuing .
- attracted attention ,
- attracting attention ,
- attracts attention ,
- bend rules ,
- bended rules ,
- bended the rules ,
- bending rules ,
- bending the rules ,
- bends rules ,
- bends the rules ,
- bent rules ,
- bent the rules ,
- catches flies ,
- catching flies ,
- caught flies ,
- circumlocuted ,
- circumlocutes ,
- circumlocuting ,
- de tach ,
- de taches ,
- de tract ,
- de tracts ,
- de-tach ,
- de-taches ,
- de-tract ,
- de-tracts ,
- dis engage ,
- dis engaged ,
- dis engages ,
- dis engaging ,
- dis tract ,
- dis tracts ,
- dis-engage ,
- dis-engaged ,
- dis-engages ,
- dis-engaging ,
- dis-tract ,
- dis-tracts ,
- drawing away ,
- draws away ,
- drew away ,
- gat around ,
- gets around ,
- got around ,
- gotten around ,
- leading away ,
- leads astray ,
- leads away ,
- led away ,
- send a wild goose chase ,
- send a wild-goose chase ,
- send a wildgoose chase ,
- send on a wild goose chase ,
- send on a wildgoose chase ,
- send on wild goose chase ,
- send on wild-goose chase ,
- send on wildgoose chase ,
- send wild goose chase ,
- send wild-goose chase ,
- send wildgoose chase ,
- sending a wild goose chase ,
- sending a wild-goose chase ,
- sending a wildgoose chase ,
- sending on a wild goose chase ,
- sending on a wild-goose chase ,
- sending on a wildgoose chase ,
- sending on wild goose chase ,
- sending on wild-goose chase ,
- sending on wildgoose chase ,
- sending wild goose chase ,
- sending wild-goose chase ,
- sending wildgoose chase ,
- sends a wild goose chase ,
- sends a wild-goose chase ,
- sends a wildgoose chase ,
- sends on a wild goose chase ,
- sends on a wild-goose chase ,
- sends on a wildgoose chase ,
- sends on wild goose chase ,
- sends on wild-goose chase ,
- sends on wildgoose chase ,
- sends wild goose chase ,
- sends wild-goose chase ,
- sends wildgoose chase ,
- sent a wild goose chase ,
- sent a wild-goose chase ,
- sent a wildgoose chase ,
- sent on a wild goose chase ,
- sent on a wild-goose chase ,
- sent on a wildgoose chase ,
- sent on wild goose chase ,
- sent on wild-goose chase ,
- sent on wildgoose chase ,
- sent wild goose chase ,
- sent wild-goose chase ,
- sent wildgoose chase .
- dis liked ,
- dis liking ,
- dis-liked ,
- dis-liking ,
- looked askance at ,
- looking askance at ,
- looks askance at ,
- showed displeasure ,
- showing displeasure ,
- shows displeasure .
- cramp one style ,
- cramp ones style ,
- cramped one style ,
- cramped one's style ,
- cramped ones style ,
- cramped style ,
- cramping one style ,
- cramping one's style ,
- cramping ones style ,
- cramping style ,
- cramps one style ,
- cramps one's style ,
- cramps ones style ,
- cramps style ,
- dash hope ,
- dash one hope ,
- dash ones hope ,
- dashed one hope ,
- dashed one's hope ,
- dashed ones hope ,
- dashes hope ,
- dashes one hope ,
- dashes one's hope ,
- dashes ones hope ,
- dashing hope ,
- dashing one hope ,
- dashing one's hope ,
- dashing ones hope ,
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- gave run around ,
- gave the run around ,
- gives run around ,
- gives the run around ,
- giving run around ,
- giving the run around ,
- hanged up ,
- hanging up ,
- hangs up ,
- out wits ,
- out witted ,
- out witting ,
- out-wit ,
- out-wits ,
- out-witting ,
- over come ,
- over comes ,
- over coming ,
- over-comes ,
- over-coming ,
- render null void ,
- rendered null and void ,
- rendered null void ,
- rendering null and void ,
- rendering null void ,
- renders null and void ,
- renders null void ,
- upset applecart .
- blew sky high ,
- blowing sky high ,
- blows sky high ,
- dis prove ,
- dis proved ,
- dis proves ,
- dis proving ,
- dis-prove ,
- dis-proved ,
- dis-proves ,
- dis-proving ,
- knocked bottom out ,
- knocked props from under ,
- knocking bottom out ,
- knocking props from under ,
- knocks bottom out ,
- knocks props from under ,
- poke full holes ,
- poked full holes ,
- poked full of holes ,
- pokes full holes ,
- pokes full of holes ,
- poking full holes ,
- poking full of holes ,
- shoot full holes ,
- shooting full holes ,
- shooting full of holes ,
- shoots full holes ,
- shoots full of holes ,
- shot full holes ,
- shot full of holes ,
- take wind out sails ,
- takes down a peg ,
- takes down peg ,
- takes wind out of sails ,
- takes wind out sails ,
- taking down a peg ,
- taking down peg ,
- taking wind out of sails ,
- taking wind out sails ,
- took down peg ,
- took wind out of sails ,
- took wind out sails .
- beating off ,
- beats off ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- dis regard ,
- dis regarded ,
- dis regarding ,
- dis regards ,
- dis-regard ,
- dis-regarded ,
- dis-regarding ,
- dis-regards ,
- fended off ,
- keep a distance ,
- keep arm length ,
- keep arms length ,
- keep at arm length ,
- keep at arms length ,
- keep at distance ,
- keep bay ,
- keeping a distance ,
- keeping arm length ,
- keeping arm's length ,
- keeping arms length ,
- keeping at a distance ,
- keeping at arm length ,
- keeping at arm's length ,
- keeping at arms length ,
- keeping at bay ,
- keeping at distance ,
- keeping bay ,
- keeping distance ,
- keeps a distance ,
- keeps arm length ,
- keeps arm's length ,
- keeps arms length ,
- keeps at a distance ,
- keeps at arm length ,
- keeps at arm's length ,
- keeps at arms length ,
- keeps at bay ,
- keeps at distance ,
- keeps bay ,
- keeps distance ,
- kept a distance ,
- kept arm length ,
- kept arm's length ,
- kept arms length ,
- kept at a distance ,
- kept at arm length ,
- kept at arm's length ,
- kept at arms length ,
- kept at distance ,
- kept bay ,
- kept distance ,
- lashed out at ,
- lashes out at ,
- lashing out at ,
- passes up ,
- passing up ,
- pushed back ,
- pushes back ,
- pushing back ,
- put in one place ,
- put in ones place ,
- put one place ,
- put one's place ,
- put ones place ,
- put place ,
- puts in one place ,
- puts in one's place ,
- puts in ones place ,
- puts in place ,
- puts one place ,
- puts one's place ,
- puts ones place ,
- puts place ,
- putting in one place ,
- putting in one's place ,
- putting in ones place ,
- putting in place ,
- putting one place ,
- putting one's place ,
- putting ones place ,
- putting place ,
- re buff ,
- re buffed ,
- re buffing ,
- re buffs ,
- re prove ,
- re proved ,
- re proves ,
- re-buff ,
- re-buffed ,
- re-buffing ,
- re-buffs ,
- re-prove ,
- re-proved ,
- re-proves ,
- re-proving .
- brake heart ,
- brake one heart ,
- brake one's heart ,
- brake ones heart ,
- break heart ,
- break one heart ,
- break ones heart ,
- breaking heart ,
- breaking one heart ,
- breaking one's heart ,
- breaking ones heart ,
- breaks heart ,
- breaks one heart ,
- breaks one's heart ,
- breaks ones heart ,
- bringing one down ,
- brings one down ,
- broke heart ,
- broke one heart ,
- broke one's heart ,
- broke ones heart ,
- brought one down ,
- dampened spirits ,
- dampening spirits ,
- dampens spirits ,
- dragged down ,
- drags down ,
- made blue ,
- makes blue ,
- making blue ,
- put in to a funk ,
- put in to funk ,
- put into funk ,
- puts in to a funk ,
- puts in to funk ,
- puts into a funk ,
- puts into funk ,
- putting in to a funk ,
- putting in to funk ,
- putting into a funk ,
- putting into funk .
- made hair stand end ,
- made hair stand on end ,
- made one blood run cold ,
- made one hair stand end ,
- made one hair stand on end ,
- made one's blood run cold ,
- made one's hair stand end ,
- made one's hair stand on end ,
- made ones blood run cold ,
- made ones hair stand end ,
- made ones hair stand on end ,
- make hair stand end ,
- make hair stand on end ,
- make one blood run cold ,
- make one hair stand end ,
- make one hair stand on end ,
- make one's hair stand end ,
- make ones blood run cold ,
- make ones hair stand end ,
- make ones hair stand on end ,
- makes hair stand end ,
- makes hair stand on end ,
- makes one blood run cold ,
- makes one hair stand end ,
- makes one hair stand on end ,
- makes one's blood run cold ,
- makes one's hair stand end ,
- makes one's hair stand on end ,
- makes ones blood run cold ,
- makes ones hair stand end ,
- makes ones hair stand on end ,
- making hair stand end ,
- making hair stand on end ,
- making one blood run cold ,
- making one hair stand end ,
- making one hair stand on end ,
- making one's blood run cold ,
- making one's hair stand end ,
- making one's hair stand on end ,
- making ones blood run cold ,
- making ones hair stand end ,
- making ones hair stand on end ,
- scare daylights out of ,
- scared daylights out of ,
- scared the daylights out of ,
- scares daylights out of ,
- scares the daylights out of ,
- scaring daylights out of ,
- scaring the daylights out of ,
- sillied ,
- sillying .
- buffaloing ,
- dis armed ,
- dis arming ,
- dis arms ,
- dis-armed ,
- dis-arming ,
- dis-arms ,
- gave a turn ,
- gave turn ,
- give turn ,
- gives a turn ,
- gives turn ,
- giving a turn ,
- giving turn ,
- un calm ,
- un calmed ,
- un calming ,
- un calms ,
- un nerve ,
- un nerved ,
- un nerves ,
- un nerving ,
- un-calm ,
- un-calmed ,
- un-calming ,
- un-calms ,
- un-nerve ,
- un-nerved ,
- un-nerves ,
- un-nerving ,
- uncalmed ,
- uncalming ,
- uncalms .
Other synonyms:
- block off ,
- dispirit ,
- forbid ,
- forestall ,
- guard against ,
- hold off ,
- insure against ,
- keep from ,
- obstruct ,
- preclude ,
- promote ,
- reprieve ,
- scupper ,
- stave off ,
- urge ,
- wear down .
- break .
- upset .
Other relevant words:
- Bitted ,
- Buffaloes ,
- DAMPS ,
- DISES ,
- Damped ,
- Damping ,
- Disadvise ,
- Discommend ,
- Disfavored ,
- Disfavoring ,
- Disinclining ,
- Dispraised ,
- Dispraising ,
- Downs ,
- Dulling ,
- Filibustering ,
- Forfend ,
- Harnessing ,
- Indisposing ,
- Intermitted ,
- Intermitting ,
- Loitered ,
- Overawing ,
- Paused ,
- Preventing ,
- Prolonging ,
- Prorogued ,
- Proroguing ,
- Refusing ,
- Remanded ,
- Remanding ,
- Repulsing ,
- Ridiculed ,
- Shelving ,
- Tabooed ,
- Tabooing ,
- Uncalm ,
- Unglue ,
- act like a wet blanket ,
- attract attention ,
- be little ,
- beat off ,
- bend the rules ,
- bide time ,
- blow out ,
- blow sky high ,
- blowing out ,
- bottlenecked ,
- bottlenecking ,
- break one's heart ,
- bring one down ,
- buffalo ,
- buffaloed ,
- catch flies ,
- check ,
- circumlocute ,
- count me out ,
- cramp one's style ,
- cramp style ,
- cry down ,
- dampen ,
- dampen spirits ,
- dash one's hope ,
- dashed hope ,
- daunt ,
- deject ,
- delay ,
- demoralize ,
- depress ,
- deter ,
- dis ,
- discountenance ,
- dishearten ,
- disincline ,
- disinclines ,
- dismay ,
- disparage ,
- dispraise ,
- dispraises ,
- dissing ,
- dissuade ,
- divert ,
- downcry ,
- downed ,
- downing ,
- drag down ,
- dragging down ,
- draw away ,
- dulls ,
- dump on ,
- dumped on ,
- encumber ,
- encumbered ,
- except ,
- fending off ,
- filibustered ,
- freeze out ,
- frighten ,
- frown on ,
- frowned on ,
- frustrate ,
- gain time ,
- get around ,
- get down ,
- get to ,
- gets to ,
- getting around ,
- getting to ,
- give a turn ,
- give run around ,
- give the run around ,
- got down ,
- got to ,
- hang up ,
- held down ,
- held in ,
- held over ,
- hinders ,
- hogtie ,
- hold down ,
- hold in ,
- hold no brief for ,
- hold over ,
- holding in ,
- holds back ,
- indispose ,
- inhibit ,
- inhibits ,
- intermit ,
- keep arm's length ,
- keep at a distance ,
- keep at arm's length ,
- keep at bay ,
- keep back ,
- keep distance ,
- keep in ,
- keep out ,
- keeping back ,
- keeping in ,
- keeping out ,
- keeps back ,
- keeps out ,
- kept at bay ,
- kept back ,
- kept in ,
- kept out ,
- knock bottom out ,
- knock props from under ,
- lash out at ,
- lay over ,
- lead astray ,
- lead away ,
- leading astray ,
- led astray ,
- make blue ,
- make one's blood run cold ,
- make one's hair stand on end ,
- maligned ,
- neutralize ,
- not go for ,
- not hear of ,
- not stand for ,
- object to ,
- out wit ,
- over-ride ,
- overawe ,
- overawed ,
- overawes ,
- pass up ,
- passed up ,
- play for time ,
- playing for time ,
- plays for time ,
- poke full of holes ,
- prohibit ,
- prorogue ,
- prorogues ,
- protract ,
- psych out ,
- psyched out ,
- puncture ,
- punctured ,
- push back ,
- put a damper on ,
- put damper on ,
- put hooks in ,
- put in one's place ,
- put in place ,
- put into a funk ,
- put off ,
- put on brakes ,
- rebuff ,
- rein in ,
- reined in ,
- reins in ,
- remand ,
- remands ,
- render null and void ,
- sadden ,
- sandbag ,
- sandbagged ,
- sandbagging ,
- sandbags ,
- scare the daylights out of ,
- send away ,
- send on a wild-goose chase ,
- send up ,
- sending away ,
- sends away ,
- sends up ,
- sent away ,
- sent up ,
- shoot full of holes ,
- shut out ,
- shutting out ,
- sillies ,
- slacken pace ,
- slackens ,
- slow down ,
- slowed down ,
- take a dim view of ,
- take apart ,
- take dim view of ,
- take down a peg ,
- take exception to ,
- take steam out ,
- take wind out of sails ,
- taking apart ,
- talk out of ,
- talking out of ,
- throw a pall over ,
- took apart ,
- turn down ,
- under-estimates ,
- underrated ,
- unglued ,
- unglues ,
- ungluing ,
- unman ,
- unmanned ,
- unmanning ,
- unmans ,
- unnerve ,
- unnerved ,
- up set ,
- ward off ,
- wean ,
- withhold ,
- withholds .
- beat down ,
- bum out ,
- bummed out ,
- casting down ,
- keep under ,
- keeps under ,
- kept under ,
- perturb ,
- reduce to tears ,
- throw cold water on ,
- turn one off .
- muck up ,
- mucked up ,
- mystified ,
- mystify ,
- snafued ,
- take aback ,
- takes aback ,
- taking aback ,
- throw into a tizzy ,
- throw into tizzy ,
- took aback .
- advise against ,
- caution against ,
- cry out against ,
- lean on ,
- leaning on ,
- persuade not to ,
- remonstrate ,
- throw a wet blanket on ,
- urge not to .
- chill to the bone ,
- chilled to the bone ,
- curdle the blood ,
- disburb ,
- make blood run cold ,
- make teeth chatter ,
- scare away ,
- scare off ,
- scare to death ,
- scared to death ,
- scarify ,
- stiffed ,
- stiffs ,
- strike terror into .
- bar .
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How to use "Discourage" in context?
Discourage is defined as to act in a way that lessens the ability of somebody to achieve something, to make them give up.
There are many different ways to discourage someone. One way is to discourage them by being rude. Another way is to discourage them by telling them that it is not worth it. Another way is to discourage them by telling them that they are not good enough. Another way is to discourage them by telling them that they will not succeed.
There are many different ways to discourage someone and each has it's own benefits and drawbacks.
Paraphrases for Discourage:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
deter.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
deter.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
avoid, block, encourage, impeding, inhibit, obstruct, prevent, restrict, stop, undermine.
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Verb, base form
abort, avert, avoid, block, combat, constrain, contain, counter, counteract, curb, dampen, derail, diminish, disadvantage, disappoint, dismay, disrupt, distract, divert, encourage, encouraged, exclude, foil, forestall, frustrate, halt, hamper, hinder, impair, impede, inhibit, jeopardize, lessen, minimize, mitigate, obstruct, preclude, prevent, reduce, reducing, refrain, rein, resist, restrain, restrict, scare, stem, stifle, stop, suppress, thwart, undermine, Avoiding, Combating, fails, pre-empt.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Homophones for Discourage:
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sucres
- Synonyms:
- dominoes, dominos.
