Translations: the word in the other languages
- Afrikaans: ontmoedig
- Amharic: አዳዲስ
- Arabic: تثبيط
- Azerbaijani: hit
- Bashkir: кире ҡағыу
- Belarusian: адбіць
- Bulgarian: удари
- Bengali: নিরুত্সাহিত
- Bosnian: obeshrabriti
- Catalan: descoratjar
- Cebuano: magapaluya
- Czech: odradit
- Welsh: annog pobl i beidio
- Danish: afskrække
- German: entmutigen
- Greek: αποθαρρύνει
- Esperanto: malinstigi
- Spanish: desalentar
- Estonian: pidurdada
- Basque: disuasio
- Persian: دلسرد
- Finnish: lannistaa
- French: décourager
- Irish: dhíspreagadh
- Scottish Gaelic: discourage
- Galician: evitar
- Gujarati: સમજાવવાની કોશિશ
- Hebrew: להרתיע
- Hindi: हतोत्साहित
- Croatian: udariti
- Haitian: dekouraje
- Hungarian: kedvét
- Armenian: հարվածել է
- Indonesian: mencegah
- Icelandic: aftra
- Italian: scoraggiare
- Japanese: 明らかに
- Javanese: discourage
- Georgian: დაუკარგავს
- Kazakh: отбить
- Khmer: ទឹកចិ
- Kannada: ವಿರೋಧಿಸುತ್ತವೆ
- Korean: 낙담
- Kyrgyz: отбить
- Latin: deterrere
- Luxembourgish: entmutigen
- Lao: ທໍ້
- Lithuanian: neskatinti
- Latvian: attur
- Malagasy: hahakivy
- Mari: чактараш
- Maori: te pehi
- Macedonian: обесхрабри
- Malayalam: discourage
- Mongolian: хориглох
- Marathi: परावृत्त
- Hill Mari: шиктӹнет
- Malay: menggalakkan
- Maltese: jiskoraġġixxu
- Burmese: တား
- Nepali: निरुत्साहित
- Dutch: ontmoedigen
- Norwegian: fraråder
- Punjabi: ਨਿਰਾਸ਼
- Papiamento: mata
- Polish: odeprzeć
- Portuguese: desencorajar
- Romanian: descuraja
- Russian: отбить
- Sinhalese: අධෛර්යමත්
- Slovak: odrádzajú
- Slovenian: odvračajo
- Albanian: dekurajojnë
- Serbian: удари
- Sundanese: discourage
- Swedish: motverka
- Swahili: tamaa
- Tamil: ஊக்கம்
- Telugu: నిరుత్సాహపరిచేందుకు
- Tajik: отбить
- Thai: พูดแบบนี้เลยแต่เขาอาจช่วยเรา
- Tagalog: hinihikayat
- Turkish: vazgeçirmek
- Tatar: отбить
- Udmurt: ломдытъязы
- Ukrainian: відбити
- Urdu: حوصلہ شکنی
- Uzbek: qaytarmoqchi
- Vietnamese: ngăn cản
- Xhosa: discourage
- Yiddish: דיסקערידזש
- Chinese: 劝阻
Synonyms, close and similar words for discourage
- dissuade
- deter
- dampen
- obstruct
- disapprove
- militate
- impede
- hinder
- hamper
- thwart
- preclude
- warn
- prevent
- admonish
- interfere
- inhibit
- dispirit
- dishearten
- depress
- disappoint
- frustrate
- daunt
- unnerve
- demoralize
- dismay
- chill