discourage

/dɪˈskʌrɪdʒ/ verb

Translation

discourage sb from doing sth › to try to persuade someone not to do something: a campaign to discourage people from smoking18622315

PREVENT [T] › to try to prevent something from happening

önlemeye çalışmak, önüne geçmek

a campaign to discourage smoking1862

LESS CONFIDENT [T] › to make someone less confident or enthusiastic about something

cesaretini kırmak, moralini bozmak, ümidini kırmak

I didn't mean to discourage her.9852315

discouragement noun [U] ›

cesaretin yitirilmesi

→ Opposite encourage

(Definition of discourage verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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