·noun Lack of courage; cowardliness.
II. Discourage ·vt To dishearten one with respect to; to Discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts.
III. Discourage ·vt To extinguish the courage of; to Dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to Deject;
— the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt.