discourage

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

dis·cour·age (dĭ-skûrʹĭj, -skŭrʹ-)tr.v. dis·cour·aged, dis·cour·ag·ing, dis·cour·ag·es
1. To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit.
2. To hamper by discouraging; deter.
3. To try to prevent by expressing disapproval or raising objections. [Middle English discoragen, from Old French descoragier: des-, dis- + corage, courage; see courage.] dis·courʹage·a·ble adj.dis·courʹag·er n.dis·courʹag·ing·ly adv. 
Synonyms: discourage, dishearten, dispirit
These verbs mean to make less hopeful or enthusiastic: researchers who were discouraged by the problem's magnitude; apathy that disheartened the instructor; a failure that dispirited the team. See also synonyms at dissuade
Antonyms: encourage

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  warn, admonish, monish, deter