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[ adjective ] made less hopeful or enthusiastic

Examples

"desperate demoralized people looking for work" "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem" "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest"

Used in print

(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)

When he gets the answers to his questions he will be discouraged .

Related terms

pessimistic

2
[ adjective ] made less hopeful or enthusiastic

Examples

"desperate demoralized people looking for work" "felt discouraged by the magnitude of the problem" "the disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest"

Related terms

pessimistic

3
[ adjective ] used especially of feelings of defeat and discouragement

Related terms

defeated

4
[ adjective ] lacking in resolution

Examples

"the accident left others discouraged about going there"

Related terms

irresolute

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