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Discouragement   /dɪskˈərɪdʒmənt/   Listen
Discouragement

noun
1.
The feeling of despair in the face of obstacles.  Synonyms: disheartenment, dismay.
2.
The expression of opposition and disapproval.
3.
The act of discouraging.





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"Discouragement" Quotes from Famous Books



... advanced than he is. Keep him out of the concert recitations, where his tendency to haste would work both personal and social harm. Refrain from giving him assistance in his tasks until he has learned from them something of the real lesson of discouragement, and then help him only by degrees, and by showing him one step at a time, with constant renewals of his own efforts. Shield him with the greatest pains from distractions of all kinds, for even the things and events about him may carry his attention off at the most critical moments. Give him ...
— The Story of the Mind • James Mark Baldwin
... do everything," said Elsa, in that same gentle, even voice which held in its tones all the gamut of hopeless discouragement; "since father has been stricken he wants constant attention. Mother won't give it him, so I have to be at his beck and call. Then there is ...
— A Bride of the Plains • Baroness Emmuska Orczy
... persons on viewing a color-harmony or the delightful color-melody of a sunlit opal may be less than that experienced on listening to the rendition of music. However, if this were true it would offer no discouragement, because absolute values play a small part in life. Two events when directly compared apparently may differ enormously in their ability to arouse emotions, but the human organism is so adaptive that each in its proper environment may powerfully affect the emotions. For example, those who have ...
— Artificial Light - Its Influence upon Civilization • M. Luckiesh
... large faith possesses the Negro. He has such confidence in justice,—the flow—of which he believes will yet soften hard hearts. We have a wonderful example of a patience that defies discouragement; the "Souls of Black Folk"! When values are truly measured, some things will be different ...
— History of the American Negro in the Great World War • W. Allison Sweeney
... they were gathered that night, it would have been hard to run across a single soldier who showed a sign of discouragement or concern. Already they bore themselves with the mien of veterans, ready to joke and laugh, and swarming to the Red Triangle huts for a breath of entertainment, a glimpse of a rosy cheeked "home girl" in the midst of all this ...
— Air Service Boys Flying for Victory - or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold • Charles Amory Beach


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