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discourage

English

  1. 🔊 deprive of courage or hope
  2. 🔊 advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
    “I warned him not to go too far”
  3. 🔊 try to prevent
    “We should discourage this practice among our youth”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 desalentar to discourage
  2. 🔊 desestimular to discourage
  3. 🔊 desmoralizar to discourage, demoralize
  4. 🔊 desanimar to discourage, to dishearten, to dispirit

Similar words

warn admonish monish deter afflict anticipate avert awe bar beat down blunt bother cast down check chill cool cow damp dampen dampen the spirits darken dash daunt debar