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discouragement

/dih-skur-ij-muhnt, -skuhr-/US // dɪˈskɜr ɪdʒ mənt, -ˈskʌr- //

灰心丧气,气馁,灰心,灰心失望

Related Words

pessimism悲观主义,悲观情绪,悲观论,悲观hopelessness无望,无助,无助感,失望dismay惊愕,惊恐,惊恐不安,错愕melancholy感伤,忧郁的人,忧郁的,忧郁dejection颓废,沮丧,拒绝,颓丧downheartedness心灰意冷,心灰意冷的人,灰心丧气,心情不好sadness悲伤,悲情,忧伤,悲哀despair怅然若失,怅惘,感到绝望,怅然disappointment失望,失落,失败,失意discomfiture窘迫感,窘迫,弊端,弊病depression抑郁症,忧郁症,萧条,郁闷bar吧台,酒吧,杠杠,栏constraint约束力,拘束力,约束条件,限制条件damper阻尼器,减震器,减振器,风门setback后退,挫折,倒退,后移obstacle障碍物,障碍,绊脚石,阻碍curb路边,遏止,路边的,马路牙子opposition反对派,反对,反对党,反对意见hindrance阻碍,障碍物,障碍,阻碍因素impediment障碍物,障碍,故障,阻碍

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of discouraging.
    • : the state of being discouraged.
    • : something that discourages: Poor health and poverty are grave discouragements.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundespondency
Synonyms
hopelessness无望,无助,无助感,失望pessimism悲观主义,悲观情绪,悲观论,悲观dejection颓废,沮丧,拒绝,颓丧depression抑郁症,忧郁症,萧条,郁闷despair怅然若失,怅惘,感到绝望,怅然disappointment失望,失落,失败,失意discomfiture窘迫感,窘迫,弊端,弊病dismay惊愕,惊恐,惊恐不安,错愕downheartedness心灰意冷,心灰意冷的人,灰心丧气,心情不好melancholy感伤,忧郁的人,忧郁的,忧郁sadness悲伤,悲情,忧伤,悲哀cold feet冰冷的脚,冷脚,寒冷的脚,冰冷的双脚loss of confidence丧失信心,失去信心,失信,信心丧失low spirits精神不振,精神萎靡不振,精神不足,精神不济the blues布鲁斯,蓝调,忧郁症,忧伤
nounrestraint
Synonyms
bar吧台,酒吧,杠杠,栏constraint约束力,拘束力,约束条件,限制条件curb路边,遏止,路边的,马路牙子damper阻尼器,减震器,减振器,风门deterrent威慑力,威慑性,威慑力量,威慑disincentive抑制因素,劝阻,抑制,抑制性hindrance阻碍,障碍物,障碍,阻碍因素impediment障碍物,障碍,故障,阻碍obstacle障碍物,障碍,绊脚石,阻碍opposition反对派,反对,反对党,反对意见rebuff回绝,反驳,回击,拒绝setback后退,挫折,倒退,后移

Examples

  • Higher grades could mean less discouragement from challenging subjects and maybe even greater confidence and persistence to graduation.

  • Many faced discouragement from school officials in doing so.

  • According to the unanimous testimony of the chroniclers, the English host was struck with serious discouragement.

  • Mr. Gryce and Miss Butterworth stepped at once into the light, and surveyed each other with a look of marked discouragement.

  • It crowds the hours, and accumulates until often discouragement and nervous exhaustion follow.

  • He looked at her in complete discouragement, and Amarita returned his gaze with one bespeaking a conviction of her own innocence.

  • A sense of discouragement regarding long distances was just at that moment the most remote sensation in Stanton's sensibilities.

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