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Discouragement synonyms

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melancholy
(Obs.) Black bile: in medieval times considered to be one of the four humors of the body, to come from the spleen or kidneys, and to cause gloominess, irritability, or depression
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  1. (Obs.) Black bile: in medieval times considered to be one of the four humors of the body, to come from the spleen or kidneys, and to cause gloominess, irritability, or depression
  2. The condition of having, or the disorder supposed to result from having, too much black bile
  3. Sad, sober musing; pensiveness
despair
One despaired of or causing despair:
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  1. One despaired of or causing despair:
  2. A person or thing causing despair
  3. Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
constraint
(Mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
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  1. (Mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
  2. One that restricts, limits, or regulates; a check:
  3. The threat or use of force to prevent, restrict, or dictate the action or thought of others.
hindrance
The condition of being hindered.
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  1. The condition of being hindered.
  2. The state or act of hindering something
  3. The act of hindering:
deterrent
A thing or factor that deters; hindrance
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  1. A thing or factor that deters; hindrance
  2. Something that deters:
  3. A retaliatory means of discouraging enemy attack:
Find another word for discouragement. In this page you can discover 9 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for discouragement, like: melancholy, despair, the blues, constraint, hindrance, deterrent, depression, sadness and impediment.

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  • The succeeding three months brought disaster and discouragement to the Union army.

  • the manufacture constituted one of the principal branches of Irish trade, but it did not prove a very serious rival to the woollen industry until the policy of England was directed to the discouragement of the latter.

  • In1807-1808he delivered at Berlin, amidst danger and discouragement, his noble addresses to the German people (Reden an die deutsche Nation).

  • Hence his cautious, dilatory tactics: the encouragement of Italian propagandists, who were few, the discouragement of German propagandists, who were many.

  • In Italy the news of the defeat of Adowa caused deep discouragement and dismay.

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