Discourage

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Discourage

Discourage : அதையரியப்படுத்து

Discourage definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt.
  2. To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts.

Noun. Lack of courage; cowardliness.