discouragement, n.
(discouragements)
(discouragements)
the act of discouraging
<noun.act>
discouragement
sample sentences
"the discouragement of petty theft"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
the expression of opposition and disapproval
<noun.communication>
discouragement
lexical pointers
antonym
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
<noun.feeling> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
discouragement disheartenment dismay
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form