Discouraged is an English word with synonyms like demoralized or demoralised. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Discouraged meaning
- Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened.
- unrecommended; unprescribed.
Synonyms of Discouraged
Using Discouraged
- The main meaning on this page is: Having lost confidence or hope; dejected; disheartened. | unrecommended; unprescribed.
- Useful related words include: demoralized, demoralised, disheartened, pessimistic.
- In the example corpus, discouraged often appears in combinations such as: discouraged from, be discouraged, discouraged by.
Context around Discouraged
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 14 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Discouraged
- In this selection, "discouraged" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, get, cultures, constantly, hate, testing and visitors stand out and add context to how "discouraged" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are being discouraged from seeking and bats is discouraged during cold. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "discouraged" sits close to words such as alpine, buttigieg and cinemas, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with discouraged
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But don’t get discouraged. (5 words)
Atlas advocated for herd immunity and discouraged testing, masks and lockdowns. (11 words)
Don’t get discouraged when the values are not going up. (11 words)
For these reasons, visiting caves inhabited by hibernating bats is discouraged during cold months; and visiting caves inhabited by migratory bats is discouraged during the warmer months when they are most sensitive and vulnerable. (34 words)
Combat is very similar to Bloodborne, including the fact that blocking is discouraged, by quickly draining your stamina, and you get some of your health back if you immediately counterattack when injured. (32 words)
Everybody has a story that they want to tell, a fictional story, but most of us are discouraged from writing fiction because we’re told that we’re not that good. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
For these reasons, visiting caves inhabited by hibernating bats is discouraged during cold months; and visiting caves inhabited by migratory bats is discouraged during the warmer months when they are most sensitive and vulnerable.
The emotion of anger is in many cultures discouraged in girls and women, while fear is discouraged in boys and men.
Alba also revealed that she was constantly discouraged from improvizing, something she felt should be an actor's stock in trade.
An increasing number of people are being discouraged from seeking vital health services for fear of attacks and punishment, they added.
A nurse who spoke to Guardian Australia under the condition of anonymity says she had her blood tested for heavy metals this week, despite being ‘strongly discouraged’ by her GP.
Assuring there will be no war, the cleric discouraged hate speeches and appealed to politicians as well as supporters to watch their utterances.
As the original promoters at this juncture, the Emersons became discouraged and sold the project to a particular party named J.L. and Daniel L. Risley.
Atlas advocated for herd immunity and discouraged testing, masks and lockdowns.
At times, Poe felt dejected or discouraged, but he also had a strong sense of humor to cheer everyone up and break the tension.
But don’t get discouraged.
Centurion guests are discouraged from taking photos, following the policy of other members-only clubs.
Combat is very similar to Bloodborne, including the fact that blocking is discouraged, by quickly draining your stamina, and you get some of your health back if you immediately counterattack when injured.
Don’t be discouraged if you don’t enjoy yourself the first time.
Don’t get discouraged when the values are not going up.
Everybody has a story that they want to tell, a fictional story, but most of us are discouraged from writing fiction because we’re told that we’re not that good.
Google, for instance, restricts Internet access to some employees and discouraged them from using the chatbot using company information.
Gore being ‘very encouraged’ about subsidies means we should be ‘very discouraged’ about cost.
He also said the incident nearly discouraged him from helping people.
He told the Press Herald earlier this month just how discouraged he was by the church’s resistance to helping survivors.
His watersports company, which offers paragliding, water skiing, and other activities, suffered significant losses during the pandemic, when Thailand’s strict entry requirements and lengthy mandatory quarantine periods discouraged visitors.
Common combinations with discouraged
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- discouraged from 27×
- be discouraged 26×
- discouraged by 22×
- are discouraged 13×
- is discouraged 11×
- get discouraged 10×
- discouraged and 8×
- and discouraged 8×
- discouraged if 6×
- discouraged when 6×