discourage

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒ/
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• General-American: /dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒ/
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S K ER1 IH0 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French descourager (modern French décourager), from Old French descouragier, from des- and corage. By surface analysis, dis- + courage.

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: адгаво́рваць (adhavórvacʹ) — to dishearten
• Bulgarian: обезсърчавам (obezsǎrčavam) — to dishearten
• Bulgarian: обезкура́жавам (obezkurážavam) — to dishearten
• Catalan: desanimar — to dishearten
• Catalan: desalenar — to dishearten
• Catalan: descoratjar — to dishearten
• Chinese Mandarin: 令人愁悶 /令人愁闷 (lìng rén chóumèn) — to dishearten
• Chinese Mandarin: 使沮喪 /使沮丧 (shǐ jǔsàng) — to dishearten
• Czech: zastrašit — to dishearten
• Czech: vzít odvahu — to dishearten
• Dutch: ontmoedigen — to dishearten
• Esperanto: senkuraĝigi — to dishearten
• Finnish: lannistaa — to dishearten
• Finnish: nujertaa — to dishearten
• French: décourager — to dishearten
• Galician: desalentar — to dishearten
• Galician: desanimar — to dishearten
• Georgian: გულს უცრუებს (guls ucruebs) — to dishearten
• Georgian: ხალისს აკარგვინებს (xaliss aḳargvinebs) — to dishearten
• German: entmutigen — to dishearten
• German: abschrecken — to dishearten
• Greek: αποκαρδιώνω (apokardióno) — to dishearten
• Greek: αποθαρρύνω (apotharrýno) — to dishearten
• Hungarian: elbátortalanít — to dishearten
• Japanese: 落胆させる (rakutan saseru) — to dishearten
• Japanese: がっかりさせる (gakkari saseru) — to dishearten
• Latin: dehortor — to dishearten
• Macedonian: обесхрабрува (obeshrabruva) — to dishearten
• Māori: whakapāhunu — to dishearten
• Old English: mistyhtan — to dishearten
• Persian: دِلسَرد کردن — to dishearten
• Persian: سُست کردن — to dishearten
• Persian: بیجُراَت ساختن — to dishearten
• Portuguese: desencorajar — to dishearten
• Portuguese: desanimar — to dishearten
• Portuguese: desalentar — to dishearten
• Romanian: descuraja — to dishearten
• Russian: обескура́живать (obeskuráživatʹ) — to dishearten
• Russian: обескура́жить (obeskurážitʹ) — to dishearten
• Russian: расхола́живать (rasxoláživatʹ) — to dishearten
• Russian: расхолоди́ть (rasxolodítʹ) — to dishearten
• Russian: отбива́ть охо́ту (otbivátʹ oxótu) — to dishearten
• Russian: отгова́ривать (otgovárivatʹ) — to dishearten
• Spanish: descorazonar — to dishearten
• Spanish: acobardar — to dishearten
• Spanish: desanimar — to dishearten
• Spanish: deshuevar — to dishearten
• Spanish: desgüevar — to dishearten
• Swedish: avskräcka — to dishearten
• Telugu: నిరుత్సాహపరుచు (nirutsāhaparucu) — to dishearten
• Turkish: şevkini kırmak — to dishearten
• Bulgarian: разубежда́вам (razubeždávam) — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Catalan: dissuadir — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Czech: odradit — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Dutch: ontraden — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Dutch: afraden om — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Finnish: ehkäistä — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Finnish: ehkäistä ennalta — to persuade somebody not to do something
• French: dissuader — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Galician: desalentar — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Georgian: გადათქმევინება (gadatkmevineba) — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Georgian: გადაათქმევინებს (gadaatkmevinebs) — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Georgian: ხელის აღებინება (xelis aɣebineba) — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Georgian: ხელს აღებინებს (xels aɣebinebs) — to persuade somebody not to do something
• German: abraten — to persuade somebody not to do something
• German: abraten von — to persuade somebody not to do something
• German: abbringen von — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Greek: αποθαρρύνω (apotharrýno) — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Italian: scoraggiare — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Japanese: 思い止まらせる (omoitodomaraseru) — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Japanese: 抑止する (yokushi suru) — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Macedonian: одвраќа (odvraḱa) — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Norwegian: å ikke anbefale — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Polish: zniechęcać — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Polish: zniechęcić — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Portuguese: despersuadir — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Portuguese: dissuadir — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Portuguese: desencorajar — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Russian: разубежда́ть (razubeždátʹ) — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Russian: разубеди́ть (razubedítʹ) — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Russian: отгова́ривать (otgovárivatʹ) — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Russian: отговори́ть (otgovorítʹ) — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Spanish: desalentar — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Spanish: disuadir — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Telugu: నిరుత్సాహపరుచు (nirutsāhaparucu) — to persuade somebody not to do something
• Turkish: vazgeçirmek — to persuade somebody not to do something