Meaning of "discourage" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF DISCOURAGE

discourage  [dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISCOURAGE

Discourage is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb discourage in English.

WHAT DOES DISCOURAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Deterrence (psychology)

Deterrence is a theory from behavioral psychology about preventing or controlling actions or behavior through fear of punishment or retribution. This theory of criminology is shaping the criminal justice system of the United States and various other countries. Deterrence can be divided into two separate categories. General deterrence manifests itself in policy whereby examples are made of deviants. The individual actor is not the focus of the attempt at behavioral change, but rather receives punishment in public view in order to deter other individuals from deviance in the future. For example, in the Islamic Crime & Punishment system, applied 1400 years ago, the punishment for crimes was performed in public, and was aimed at general social deterrence. Specific deterrence focuses on the individual deviant and attempts to correct his or her behavior. Punishment is meant to discourage the individual from recidivating. At the military level, the principle is expressed in deterrence theory.

Definition of discourage in the English dictionary

The first definition of discourage in the dictionary is to deprive of the will to persist in something. Other definition of discourage is to inhibit; prevent. Discourage is also to oppose by expressing disapproval.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISCOURAGE

PRESENT

Present

I discourage

you discourage

he/she/it discourages

we discourage

you discourage

they discourage

Present continuous

I am discouraging

you are discouraging

he/she/it is discouraging

we are discouraging

you are discouraging

they are discouraging

Present perfect

I have discouraged

you have discouraged

he/she/it has discouraged

we have discouraged

you have discouraged

they have discouraged

Present perfect continuous

I have been discouraging

you have been discouraging

he/she/it has been discouraging

we have been discouraging

you have been discouraging

they have been discouraging

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I discouraged

you discouraged

he/she/it discouraged

we discouraged

you discouraged

they discouraged

Past continuous

I was discouraging

you were discouraging

he/she/it was discouraging

we were discouraging

you were discouraging

they were discouraging

Past perfect

I had discouraged

you had discouraged

he/she/it had discouraged

we had discouraged

you had discouraged

they had discouraged

Past perfect continuous

I had been discouraging

you had been discouraging

he/she/it had been discouraging

we had been discouraging

you had been discouraging

they had been discouraging

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will discourage

you will discourage

he/she/it will discourage

we will discourage

you will discourage

they will discourage

Future continuous

I will be discouraging

you will be discouraging

he/she/it will be discouraging

we will be discouraging

you will be discouraging

they will be discouraging

Future perfect

I will have discouraged

you will have discouraged

he/she/it will have discouraged

we will have discouraged

you will have discouraged

they will have discouraged

Future perfect continuous

I will have been discouraging

you will have been discouraging

he/she/it will have been discouraging

we will have been discouraging

you will have been discouraging

they will have been discouraging

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would discourage

you would discourage

he/she/it would discourage

we would discourage

you would discourage

they would discourage

Conditional continuous

I would be discouraging

you would be discouraging

he/she/it would be discouraging

we would be discouraging

you would be discouraging

they would be discouraging

Conditional perfect

I would have discourage

you would have discourage

he/she/it would have discourage

we would have discourage

you would have discourage

they would have discourage

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been discouraging

you would have been discouraging

he/she/it would have been discouraging

we would have been discouraging

you would have been discouraging

they would have been discouraging

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you discourage
we let´s discourage
you discourage

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to discourage

Past participle

discouraged

Present Participle

discouraging

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «DISCOURAGE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «discourage» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of discourage

cast down · check · cow · crush · curb · dash · daunt · deject · demoralize · depress · deter · discountenance · dishearten · dismay · dispirit · dissuade · hinder · inhibit · intimidate · overawe · prevent · psych out · put a damper on · put off · talk out of · unman · unnerve

TRANSLATION OF DISCOURAGE

Find out the translation of discourage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of discourage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «discourage» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 劝阻
• Translator English - Spanish: desalentar
• English: discourage
• Translator English - Hindi: हतोत्साहित
• Translator English - Arabic: يُثَبِّطُ
• Translator English - Russian: приводить в уныние
• Translator English - Portuguese: desencorajar
• Translator English - Bengali: আত্মবিশ্বাসহীন করা
• Translator English - French: décourager
• Translator English - Malay: Tidak menggalakkan
• Translator English - German: entmutigen
• Translator English - Japanese: ･･･の勇気をくじく
• Translator English - Korean: 용기를 잃게 하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Nyuda
• Translator English - Vietnamese: làm nản lòng
• Translator English - Tamil: ஊக்கம்
• Translator English - Marathi: परावृत्त करा
• Translator English - Turkish: vazgeçirmek
• Translator English - Italian: scoraggiare
• Translator English - Polish: zniechęcić
• Translator English - Ukrainian: перешкоджати
• Translator English - Romanian: a descuraja
• Translator English - Greek: αποθαρρύνω
• Translator English - Afrikaans: ontmoedig
• Translator English - Swedish: avråda
• Translator English - Norwegian: gjøre motløs

10 QUOTES WITH «DISCOURAGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word discourage.

1

Lynn Abbey

That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me.

2

Alfred Adler

Death is really a great blessing for humanity, without it there could be no real progress. People who lived for ever would not only hamper and discourage the young, but they would themselves lack sufficient stimulus to be creative.

3

Nicole Appleton

I never want to discourage anyone who chooses the arts as a path because it's hard enough to make it in this business or even get ahead.

4

Marion Bailey

In Victorian England, people were told they should discourage their wives from reading because it would lead them into all sorts of devilish wickedness.

5

Mariah Carey

This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me!

6

Mariah Carey

Never, never listen to anybody that try to discourage you.

7

Les Claypool

I've had fish come up on stage, and it's pretty disgusting. I try and discourage that. I discourage anything flying up on stage, actually.

8

Calvin Coolidge

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.

9

Arne Duncan

The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going after a valuable degree.

10

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

We can never intimidate and discourage the people who voice their words with courage. The essence of freedom rests precisely here - in the freedom of expression of the people. And we must protect it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISCOURAGE»

Discover the use of discourage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to discourage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Permit But Discourage: Regulating Excessive Consumption

This text analyzes the effectiveness of law in controlling excessive consumption.

William A. Bogart, 2011

Does Import Protection Discourage Exports?

This paper points out that while many developing countries seek to increase their export earnings, they have not embraced fully the notion that their own pattern of import protection hurts their export performance. the paper quantifies the ...

Stephen Tokarick, 2006

Impeccable Birdfeeding: How to Discourage Scuffling, ...

Offers advice on setting up feeders that attract less messy birds, and identifies the favorite foods of a variety of common species

Bill Adler, 1992

Don't Be Discourage

Don t Be Discorage is a must to read by everyone because life is a battle.

Marie Akaya, 2010

The Pan-american Dream: Do Latin America's Cultural Values ...

And what might be done to enhance the prospects for a dynamic community in the Western Hemisphere?These are the questions Lawrence Harrison addresses in The Pan-American Dream.

Lawrence E. Harrison, 2009

Morality: Its Nature and Justification

Awareness of the possibility of unjustified violation of the rules requires consideration of an impartial rational persons attitude toward such violations. All rational persons want to discourage the breaking of these rules, at least with regard to ...

Bernard Gert, 1998

Do Foreign Dollars Discourage Entrepreneurship?

Despite the Chinese government's aims to attract FDI in order to build up the domestic economy, FDI's actual impact on entrepreneurship and net firm creation in China remains uncertain.

Yifan Zhang, 2011

Cities and Climate Change

Discourage vehicle use.1 Support non-motorised means of travel. Increase mass transit use Transit-oriented development zones. Land-use zoning. Mitigation. Regulatory. Increase mass transit use.1 Discourage vehicle use.1 Restructure land ...

OECD, 2010

Government Regulation of the Alcohol Industry: The Search ...

MADD, SADD, And RID Stakeholders such as MADD, SADD, and RID have now taken over the leadership from various temperance groups in advocating legislation that seeks to discourage alcohol consumption. Since the goal of these new ...

Richard McGowan, 1997

The Official Guide for GMAT Verbal Review

Reasoning How can the airline discourage its customers from selling their coupons? Limiting the use of the coupons to those who earned them and their immediate families rewards passengers for flying the airline and encourages them to ...

Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISCOURAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term discourage is used in the context of the following news items.

Will Osborne's social housing rent rises for high-earners discourage …

Despite rallying against the culture of worklessness, the UK chancellor's budget plans seem to discourage tenants from work – and further ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

Does Naloxone Discourage People From Calling 911? | Tessie …

One of the sharpest criticisms against making naloxone widely available to people at risk for drug overdose is this: If people have a medicine on ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

Safety Day to Discourage Distracted Drivers | WSAV-TV

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2013, 3,154 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted ... «WSAV-TV, Jul 15»

Even Trump gaffes can't discourage Spokane native competing for …

Even Trump gaffes can't discourage Spokane native competing for Miss USA 2015. Posted By Erin Robinson on Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 11:06 AM. click to enlarge ... «Pacific Northwest Inlander, Jul 15»

A little rain can't discourage us, Pittsburghers say | Pittsburgh Post …

Justin Dix, a member of Elliott's baseball team, ignores the heavy rain Tuesday as he pitches to a Greenfield player in the top of the sixth inning ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»

What is the Best Way to Discourage Hostage Taking?

Regarding your editorial “The Next American Hostages” (June 25): While it is longstanding political rhetoric that America doesn't negotiate with ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

WHO calls governments to raise tobacco tax rates to discourage …

One way to discourage smokers to continue smoking is to really play with its price through taxes, and the World Health Organization is already ... «Times Gazette, Jul 15»

Coke Cans Drop All Labels in the Middle East to Discourage Prejudice

Coca-Cola is dropping all labels on its cans in the Middle East for the month of Ramadan in order to discourage prejudice and promote equality ... «Branding Magazine, Jul 15»

Editorial: Does city service fee discourage growth?

People who work in Charleston could soon pay more if one councilman's proposal to increase the city user fee is approved. Councilman Ed ... «Charleston Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Develop policies that discourage excessive alcohol consumption

Develop policies that discourage excessive alcohol consumption. By Billow Kerrow Updated Sunday, July 5th 2015 at 00:00 GMT +3. Share this story:. «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»