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обескура́живать — meaning in English

obeskurazhivat

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English meaning

  • deject verb To make someone feel sad or low.
  • discourage verb To make someone feel less confident, hopeful, or motivated.
  • dishearten verb To make someone lose hope, confidence or enthusiasm.
  • unnerve verb To take away someone's strength or courage, leaving them weak.

Senses

обескура́живать is used for these senses in English:

  • deject (transitive) Make sad or dispirited.
  • discourage (transitive) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
  • dishearten (transitive) To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage.

deject — full definition

  1. verb To make someone feel sad or low.
  2. verb To throw or push something downwards.
  3. verb To lower someone's status or pride.

discourage — full definition

  1. verb To make someone feel less confident, hopeful, or motivated.
  2. verb To persuade someone not to do something.
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