Dictionary Entry
discouragement
discouragement is a 14-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
14 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 25 · 5 senses
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- 1noun
The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.
- 2noun
That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; as, the revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement.
- 3noun
the act of discouraging
"the discouragement of petty theft"
- 4noun
the expression of opposition and disapproval
- 5noun
the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
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