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# discouragement

«discouragement» in Mova's school dictionary: **A feeling of having lost confidence or hope, so you do…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (discouragement, discouragements)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A feeling of having lost confidence or hope, so you do not want to try any more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discouragement/#m1)

2) Something that makes people less likely to do something: «Fines are a discouragement to dropping litter». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discouragement/#m2)

3) The act of trying to stop someone from doing something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discouragement/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school and sport: discouragement after failing a test or losing a match; teachers help pupils overcome it. In ethics: a fine or a rule can be a discouragement to bad behaviour. In stories: heroes face discouragement but keep going. Phrases: «a feeling of discouragement», «despite discouragement», «discouragement to».

### examples

- Despite discouragement from others, she kept practising. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discouragement/#x1)
- After losing again, Ben felt deep discouragement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discouragement/#x2)
- The fence is a discouragement to burglars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discouragement/#x3)
- Our coach turned our discouragement into determination. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discouragement/#x4)
- Small setbacks are no reason for discouragement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discouragement/#x5)
- High prices are a discouragement to buying sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discouragement/#x6)

### note

Countable or uncountable. Verb: «discourage»; opposite «encouragement». The «-ou-» spelling of «courage» stays: dis-cour-age-ment.

### Trees and pragmatics

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