discourage
verb
[ dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ ]
• cause (someone) to lose confidence or enthusiasm.
• "tedious regulations could discourage investors"
Similar:
dishearten,
dispirit,
demoralize,
make despondent,
make downhearted,
cast down,
depress,
disappoint,
dampen someone's hopes,
dash someone's hopes,
cause to lose heart,
put off,
unnerve,
daunt,
intimidate,
cow,
unman,
crush,
deject,
disheartened,
dispirited,
demoralized,
deflated,
disappointed,
let down,
disconsolate,
despondent,
fed up,
dejected,
downcast,
depressed,
crestfallen,
dismayed,
low-spirited,
gloomy,
glum,
pessimistic,
unenthusiastic,
having lost heart,
lacking in enthusiasm,
lacking in confidence,
unconfident,
daunted,
intimidated,
cowed,
crushed,
down in the mouth,
down in the dumps,
unenthused,
with cold feet,
heartsick,
heartsore,
chap-fallen,
depressing,
demoralizing,
disheartening,
dispiriting,
disappointing,
off-putting,
unfavourable,
unpromising,
not hopeful,
not encouraging,
unpropitious,
inauspicious,
dejecting,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French descouragier, from des- (expressing reversal) + corage ‘courage’.
