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discourage

/dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ/

US pronunciation
American sound/dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ/
dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
2nd syllable stress
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

dɪs - ˈkʌrɪdʒ -> discourage

Myanmar meaning

(vt) စိတ်ပျက်အားလျှော့စေသည်။တစ်စုံတစ်ယောက်အားစိတ်ပျက်အောင်လုပ်သည်။အကျိုးမရှိဟု ထင်လာအောင်လုပ်သည်။

Full entry

discourage /dÇs'kʌrÇdʒ/ v

၁။ ~ sb (from doing sth) စိတ်ပျက် အောင်လုပ်သည်။ စိတ်ဓာတ်ကျစေသည်။
Don't discourage her—she's doing her best. ❍ Don't let this discourage you from trying again.
၂။ (က) ဟန့်တားလုပ်သည်။ အား မပေး။ Parents should discourage smoking. ❍ new measures to discourage car use in favour of public transport. အများသုံး ပို့ဆောင်ရေးယာဉ် အသုံးပြုရေး၊ ကိုယ်ပိုင် ကား အသုံးပြုမှု အားမပေးရေး အစီအမံသစ်များ။
(ခ) ~ sb from doing sth တားသည်။ မြစ်သည်။ Parents should discourage their children from smoking. discouraged adj : Mark felt very discouraged after losing the match.
❏ discouragement n (က) [U] အားမပေးခြင်း။ စိတ်ပျက် စေခြင်း။ စိတ်ဓာတ်ကျခြင်း။
a shrug of discouragement.
(ခ) [C] အဖျက်အဆီး။ အဟန့်အတား။ စိတ်ပျက်အောင်လုပ်ခြင်း။
Despite all these discouragements, she refused to give up. discouraging adj : a discouraging result/reply. discouragingly adv

More examples
  • Measures to discourage the use of cars in cities
  • [discourage someone from doing something] : We hope the bad weather won’t discourage people from coming along.
  • What she said didn’t discourage me.
Synonyms
dishearten, depress, deject, daunt, dampen, dispirit, put off, put a damper on things, abash, afflict, alarm, appall, awe, beat down, bother, break one's heart, bully, cast down, check, chill, confuse, control, cow, curb, dash, demoralize, deprecate, deter, disadvise, disappoint, discountenance, disfavor, disincline, dismay, disparage, dissuade, dissuade; restrain, distress, divert, droop, frighten, hinder, hold back, hold off, impede, indispose, inhibit, interfere, intimidate, irk, keep back, obstruct, oppose, overawe, prevent, prostrate, quiet, repress, scare, shake, stop, suppress, talk out of, throw cold water on, trouble, try, turn aside, turn off, unnerve, vex, warn, weigh, withhold
Antonyms
advance, aid, allow, approve, assist, assure, calm, cheer, comfort, commend, compliment, encourage, facilitate, forward, gladden, hearten, help, inspire, inspirit, laud, let go, make happy, permit, please, praise, reassure, soothe, spur on, stimulate, support, uplift
Cross references
disheartendepressdejectdauntdampendispiritput offput a damper on thingsabashafflictalarmappallawebeat downbotherbreak one's heartbullycast downcheckchillconfusecontrolcowcurbdashdemoralizedeprecatedeter
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