Discourage

Verb

 * 1)  To take away or reduce the courage of.
 * 2)  To persuade somebody not to do something.
 * Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can (Abraham Lincoln )

Antonyms

 * encourage

Adverbs for Discourage
sepulchrally; entirely; distinctly; churlisily; wisely; heartbreakingly; pathetically; habitually; profoundly; deeply; unreasonably; ruthlessly; permanently.

Thesaurus
afflict, anticipate, avert, awe, bar, beat down, blunt, bother, cast down, check, chill, cool, cow, damp, dampen, dampen the spirits, darken, dash, daunt, debar, deflect, deject, demoralize, depress, deter, disaffect, disapprove of, dishearten, disincline, disinterest, dismay, disparage, dispirit, dissuade, distract, distress, divert, droop, estop, exclude, faze, fend, fend off, forbid, foreclose, forestall, frighten, help, hinder, indispose, inhibit, intimidate, irk, keep from, keep off, knock down, lower, lower the spirits, obviate, oppose, oppress, overawe, preclude, press down, prevent, prohibit, put off, quench, repel, restrain, rule out, sadden, save, scare, shake, sink, slow, stave off, stop, suppress, talk out of, trouble, try, turn aside, turn away, turn from, turn off, unman, unnerve, vex, ward off, wean from, weigh, weigh heavy upon, weigh upon

Etymology
From descourager: (modern French décourager:), from  descouragier:, from des-: and corage:. Surface analysis.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: обезсърчавам, обезкуражавам
 * Czech: odradit
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:


 * Japanese: 落胆させる (rakutan-saseru)
 * Macedonian: обесхрабрува
 * Russian: обескураживать
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: నిరుత్సాహపరుచు (nirutsaahaparuchu)


 * Bulgarian: разубеждавам
 * Dutch: ontraden, afraden om
 * German: abraten (von)
 * Italian: scoraggiare
 * Japanese: 思いとどませる (omoitodomaseru)


 * Macedonian: одвраќа
 * Polish: zniechęcać
 * Russian: разубеждать, отговаривать
 * Spanish:, persuadir
 * Telugu: నిరుత్సాహపరుచు (nirutsaahaparuchu)