discourage

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verb

1. try to prevent;
show opposition to (Freq. 12)
- We should discourage this practice among our youth
• Syn:
deter
• Derivationally related forms:
discouragement, deterrent (for: deter), deterrence (for: deter)
• Hypernyms:
disapprove, reject
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- They discourage him from writing the letter
2. deprive of courage or hope;
take away hope from;
cause to feel discouraged (Freq. 3)
• Ant:
encourage
• Derivationally related forms:
discouragement
• Hyponyms:
depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay,
dispirit, demoralize, demoralise, dishearten, put off, intimidate,
restrain, throw cold water on, pour cold water on
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The bad news will discourage him
3. admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior (Freq. 2)
- I warned him not to go too far
- I warn you against false assumptions
- She warned him to be quiet
• Syn:
warn, admonish, monish
• Derivationally related forms:
monition (for: monish), admonitory (for: admonish), admonition (for: admonish), admonisher (for: admonish), warning (for: warn)
• Hypernyms:
rede, advise, counsel
• Verb Group:
warn
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s PP
- Sam cannot discourage Sue
- They discourage him from writing the letter

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  warn, admonish, monish, deter