See discourage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "Don't be discouraged by the amount of work left to do: you'll finish it in good time.",
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"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Colossians 3:21:",
"text": "Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.",
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"To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject."
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"(transitive) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject."
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"code": "be",
"english": "dissuade",
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"roman": "adhavórvacʹ",
"sense": "to dishearten",
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"roman": "obezsǎrčavam",
"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "обезсърчавам"
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"roman": "obezkurážavam",
"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "обезкура́жавам"
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "desanimar"
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"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "desalenar"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lìng rén chóumèn",
"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "令人愁悶 /令人愁闷"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǐ jǔsàng",
"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "使沮喪 /使沮丧"
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"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "zastrašit"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "vzít odvahu"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "ontmoedigen"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "lannistaa"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "nujertaa"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "décourager"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "desalentar"
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"sense": "to dishearten",
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "guls ucruebs",
"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "გულს უცრუებს"
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "ხალისს აკარგვინებს"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to dishearten",
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"sense": "to dishearten",
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"word": "αποκαρδιώνω"
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"alt": "らくたん させる",
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"word": "دِلسَرد کردن"
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"word": "سُست کردن"
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"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "descuraja"
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"roman": "obeskuráživatʹ",
"sense": "to dishearten",
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"sense": "to dishearten",
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"roman": "rasxolodítʹ",
"sense": "to dishearten",
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "otbivátʹ oxótu",
"sense": "to dishearten",
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"word": "отбива́ть охо́ту"
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"roman": "otgovárivatʹ",
"sense": "to dishearten",
"tags": [
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"word": "отгова́ривать"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "descorazonar"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "acobardar"
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{
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"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "desanimar"
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"sense": "to dishearten",
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"word": "deshuevar"
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"sense": "to dishearten",
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"word": "desgüevar"
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"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "avskräcka"
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"code": "te",
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"roman": "nirutsāhaparucu",
"sense": "to dishearten",
"word": "నిరుత్సాహపరుచు"
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"ref": "1854, Abraham Lincoln., Notes for a Law Lecture:",
"text": "Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.",
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"roman": "razubeždávam",
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"sense": "to persuade somebody not to do something",
"word": "desalentar"
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"roman": "gadatkmevineba",
"sense": "to persuade somebody not to do something",
"word": "გადათქმევინება"
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "gadaatkmevinebs",
"sense": "to persuade somebody not to do something",
"word": "გადაათქმევინებს"
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"roman": "xelis aɣebineba",
"sense": "to persuade somebody not to do something",
"word": "ხელის აღებინება"
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"roman": "xels aɣebinebs",
"sense": "to persuade somebody not to do something",
"word": "ხელს აღებინებს"
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"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to persuade somebody not to do something",
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"code": "de",
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"alt": "おもいとどまらせる",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "omoitodomaraseru",
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"word": "思い止まらせる"
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"alt": "よくし する",
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"sense": "to persuade somebody not to do something",
"word": "抑止する"
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "odvraḱa",
"sense": "to persuade somebody not to do something",
"word": "одвраќа"
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"word": "dissuadir"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
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{
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{
"code": "nl",
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"code": "ka",
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"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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"alt": "よくし する",
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"sense": "to persuade somebody not to do something",
"word": "抑止する"
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{
"code": "mk",
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"sense": "to persuade somebody not to do something",
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"word": "å ikke anbefale"
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{
"code": "pt",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razubedítʹ",
"sense": "to persuade somebody not to do something",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "разубеди́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otgovárivatʹ",
"sense": "to persuade somebody not to do something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отгова́ривать"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otgovorítʹ",
"sense": "to persuade somebody not to do something",
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],
"word": "отговори́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to persuade somebody not to do something",
"word": "desalentar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to persuade somebody not to do something",
"word": "disuadir"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "nirutsāhaparucu",
"sense": "to persuade somebody not to do something",
"word": "నిరుత్సాహపరుచు"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to persuade somebody not to do something",
"word": "vazgeçirmek"
}
],
"word": "discourage"
}
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"pos": "noun",
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"Lack of courage"
],
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"(rare) Lack of courage"
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"sense": "lack of courage",
"word": "cowardliness"
}
],
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}
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