discouragement

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
• Syn:
disheartenment, dismay
• Derivationally related forms:
dismay (for: dismay), dishearten (for: disheartenment), discourage
• Hypernyms:
despair
• Hyponyms:
intimidation
2. the expression of opposition and disapproval
• Ant:
encouragement
• Hypernyms:
disapproval
• Hyponyms:
disheartenment, dissuasion, determent, deterrence, intimidation
3. the act of discouraging
- the discouragement of petty theft
• Derivationally related forms:
discourage
• Hypernyms:
deterrence

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  disheartenment, dismay