discouraged

Word family  noun encouragement ≠ discouragement adjective encouraged ≠ discouraged encouraging ≠ discouraging verb encourage ≠ discourage adverb encouragingly ≠ discouragingly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dis·cour·aged /dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒd $ -ˈkɜːr-/ ●●○ adjective  no longer having the confidence you need to continue doing something 灰心的，丧气的 SYN demoralized OPP encouraged A lot of players get discouraged and quit. 许多选手失去信心，放弃了。► see thesaurus at confident

Examples from the Corpus

discouraged• Hartman was so discouraged about the way his performing career was going, that he gave up acting for writing.• I was very discouraged at the time, but I still hoped we could find a solution.• Discouraged by her failed marriages, she gradually withdrew from the world.• He doesn't get discouraged easily.• Students with learning difficulties who do not have a dedicated teacher can become discouraged very easily.• It's raising morale amongst a once discouraged workforce.get discouraged• The game is simple enough that beginners won't get discouraged.• But neither does he get discouraged.• Finally, though, even Pollyanna gets discouraged.• I told Deborah not to get discouraged.• In the end the foreign investors had got discouraged and had gone elsewhere.• I expect Jasper got discouraged by a lack of spontaneity.• He doesn't get discouraged easily.• Even if you get discouraged from seeing no results from all your efforts, what you write makes a difference.• I didn't get discouraged when my shot didn't fall.

dis·cour·aged adjectiveChineseSyllable  

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discouraged
dis‧cour‧aged /dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒd $ -ˈkɜːr-/ adjectiveno longer having the confidence you need to continue doing something
   SYN  demoralized
   OPP  encouraged:
    A lot of players get discouraged and quit.
     

THESAURUS

■ not confident
   ▪ lack confidence/be lacking in confidence to not be confident about your abilities or appearance: Francine is lacking in confidence and needs a lot of encouragement. | I was fat, had no friends, and lacked confidence. | While girls lack confidence, boys often overestimate their abilities.
   ▪ shy not confident about meeting or speaking to people who you do not know: Jane is a quiet shy person. | He had been painfully shy (=very shy) as a child.
   ▪ insecure not confident about yourself or your relationships, especially because you are worried that you are not good enough: His childhood had left him very insecure. | Ben’s parents’ divorce left him lonely and insecure. | Models can make young women feel insecure about their own bodies.
   ▪ unsure of yourself not confident, especially because you are young or you do not have much experience: At first, Chris seemed nervous and unsure of herself. | He was only 21 and still very unsure of himself with girls.
   ▪ discouraged /dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒd $ -ˈkɜːr-/ not confident that you can succeed, because you have had problems trying to do something: Students can become discouraged very easily if they are not given the help they need. | I was very discouraged at the time, but I still hoped we could find a solution. | discouraged by: Discouraged by her failed marriages, she gradually withdrew from the world. | discouraged about: Hartman was so discouraged about the way his performing career was going, that he gave up acting for writing.
   ▪ demoralized someone who is demoralized has lost all their confidence and wants to give up: The team were completely demoralized after losing a series of games. | a demoralized work force | Many employees became demoralized and cynical when the company announced another round of job cuts. | utterly/thoroughly demoralized