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# discouraged

«discouraged» in Mova's school dictionary: **losing hope or confidence, so you do not want to keep trying** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective; verb, past form of discourage (discourage, discourages, discouraged, discouraging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Feeling discouraged means losing hope or confidence, so you do not want to keep trying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discouraged/#m1)

2) Discouraged is the past of discourage: tried to stop someone from doing something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discouraged/#m2)

3) (formal) Not approved of: «Phones are discouraged in class». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discouraged/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used about feelings in stories and school («Don't get discouraged!») and about rules (something is «discouraged» rather than banned). Phrases: «feel discouraged», «get discouraged», «discouraged from doing».

### examples

- Tom felt discouraged after failing the spelling test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discouraged/#x1)
- Don't get discouraged — practice makes progress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discouraged/#x2)
- Her mum discouraged her from climbing the tall tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discouraged/#x3)
- Running in the corridor is strongly discouraged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discouraged/#x4)
- The rain discouraged people from coming to the fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discouraged/#x5)
- He was discouraged but tried again the next day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discouraged/#x6)
- But the prince was not discouraged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discouraged/#x7)

### note

Opposite: encouraged. «Discouraged from + -ing». Noun: discouragement. «Discouraged» (a rule) is softer than «forbidden» or «not allowed».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «discouraged» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discouraged/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.