discouraged
1discouraged — index arrested (checked), disappointed, disconsolate, lugubrious, pessimistic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2discouraged — [adj] disheartened beat, beatdown, blue, caved in, come apart, crestfallen, dashed, daunted, depressed, deterred, dismayed, dispirited, down, downbeat, downcast, downin mouth*, glum*, gone to pieces*, in a funk*, in blue funk*, in the dumps*,… …
3discouraged — adj. 1) deeply discouraged 2) discouraged at, about, over 3) discouraged to + inf. (we were discouraged to see that many students had failed) * * * about over deeply discouraged discouraged at discouraged to + inf. (we were discouraged to see… …
4Discouraged — Discourage Dis*cour age (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discouraged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discouraging}.] [Pref. dis + courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F. d[ e]courager: pref. des (L. dis ) + corage, F. courage. See {Courage}.] 1. To extinguish the… …
5discouraged — adjective 1. made less hopeful or enthusiastic (Freq. 2) desperate demoralized people looking for work felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest • Syn: ↑demoralized,… …
6discouraged — dis|cour|aged [dısˈkʌrıdʒd US ˈkə:r ] adj no longer having the confidence you need to continue doing something = ↑demoralized ▪ A lot of players get discouraged and quit …
7discouraged — dis|cour|aged [ dıs kʌrıdʒd ] adjective feeling that it is useless to try to do something: He sounded discouraged by the lack of progress in the talks …
8discouraged — adjective Doug must be feeling pretty discouraged Syn: disheartened, dispirited, demoralized, deflated, disappointed, let down, disconsolate, despondent, dejected, cast down, downcast, depressed, crestfallen, dismayed, low spirited, gloomy, glum …
9discouraged — un·discouraged; …
10discouraged — UK [dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒd] / US adjective feeling that it is useless to try to do something He sounded discouraged by the lack of progress in the talks …
