WordStudydiscourage
To try to stop someone from doing something.
Meaning of «discourage»
verb
to try to stop someone from doing something
The rain didn't discourage us from going for a walk.
Translation
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to try to stop someone from doing something
discouragetry to make someone not want to do itHigh prices discourage people from buying.
dissuadeformalpersuade someone not to, by giving reasonsI tried to dissuade him from leaving.
deterformalstop someone by making them afraid of resultsCameras deter thieves.
Word family
courage B1 · nouncourageous B1 · adjectivediscourage B1 · verbdiscouraging C1 · adjective
