discourage

Definition:
1. Try to prevent; show opposition to.
2. Deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged.
3. Admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior.

Use 'discourage' in a sentence:

1. First, we can discourage the use of cars.
2. Don't be discouraged!; Don't lose your heart!
3. Learners can feel very discouraged if an exercise is too difficult.
4. The purpose of the Act is to discourage the mainland American colonies from importing molasses.
5. I shouldn't have made those discouraging remarks.
6. The person finds himself in charge of a revolution he did nothing to discourage but did not create.
7. Compression knee bands discourage bending.
8. A bad teacher-students relationship can discourage students from learning.
9. I leave a light on when I'm out to discourage burglars.
10. The flop of the novel discouraged the writer.
11. The Swiss wanted to discourage an inflow of foreign money.
12. Societies that cannot replace their populations discourage investment and innovation.
13. Make your own car a less inviting target, to discourage thieves from trying.
14. It's just a temporary setback. Don't be discouraged.
15. Don't be discouraged by failure or get dizzy with success.
16. A fixed mind-set can also hinder communication and progress in the workplace and discourage or ignore constructive criticism and advice.
17. Many parents find it hard to discourage bad behaviour.
18. We discourage you from using this name.
19. In our lives, there will be times when people try to discourage us.
20. One failure after another discouraged him a lot.
21. It was the only time she had ever discouraged him from dangerous activities and she regretted it thereafter.
22. These should discourage retailers from wasteful practices that lead to the rejection of food on the basis of cosmetic characteristics, and losses in the home due to excessive purchasing by consumers.
23. On the criminal justice side, we hope to make punishment tough enough to discourage crime but not so tough as to clog our prisons with relatively minor offenders.
24. Playing dead can discourage predators from attacking.
25. It may be difficult to do at first. Don't let this discourage you.
26. He wasn't discouraged when they threw cold water on his ideas.
27. Discourage bad behavior.
28. He was not discouraged by failure.
29. This fee type is set primarily to discourage short-term investors.
30. It's very discouraging to be sneered at all the time.
31. The "unwanted American population" that is systematically discouraged by advertising-supported media is not small.
32. Taxation should be used to discourage them.
33. Don't be discouraged when you meet with difficulties.
34. The weather discouraged people from attending.
35. The theory is that smoking should be stripped of any appeal to discourage new generations from starting in the first place.
36. This greatly surprised him, but did not discourage him.
37. Notwithstanding important recent progress in developing renewable fuel sources, low fossil fuel prices could discourage further innovation in, and adoption of, cleaner energy technologies.
38. He is easily discouraged by difficulties and obstacles.
39. She is easily discouraged/ demoralized by obstacles.
40. He says that more openness in science could help to discourage what some perceive as a common practice of shutting out early-career scientists' requests for data.
41. His parents tried to discourage him from being an actor.
42. Don't be discouraged by the first failure ─ try again!
43. He'll try to discourage you and accuse you.
44. The height of the mountain did not discourage them.
45. Meanwhile, things that may discourage spending include "bad" tables and crowding.
46. He was discouraged in [ over] his enterprise.
47. Nothing is more sad than taking on a job in which you have no interest, for it will not only ruin your talents but also discourage your desire to succeed in life.
48. They are discouraged from becoming close friends with foreigners.
49. He explained the yellow fever epidemic as a providential act to discourage urban growth.
50. Her criticisms had the effect of discouraging him completely.
51. His parents tried to discourage his interest in music, but he persisted.