Discourage /(?; 48)/

Dis·cour·age

Discourage

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Discouraged; p. pr. & vb. n. Discouraging

  1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt.
    Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
    — Col. iii. 21.
  2. To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts.

Discourage

n.
  1. Lack of courage; cowardliness.