Thesaurus / discouraged
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By creating uncertainty, the federal government discouraged both states and private companies from acting on their own initiative, which has delayed our national response.
TIMES OF STRIFE CAN LEAD TO MEDICAL INNOVATION—WHEN GOVERNMENTS ARE WILLINGBY JEFFREY CLEMENS/THE CONVERSATIONSEPTEMBER 9, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEWhether the boycott movement discourages streamers and moviegoers from seeing the film remains to be seen.
MULAN’S DISNEY+ RELEASE IS REIGNITING A BOYCOTT MOVEMENTNAOMI XU ELEGANTSEPTEMBER 4, 2020FORTUNESixteen percent say pandemic-imposed restrictions at hospitals and doctors’ offices are discouraging them from moving forward.
34% OF WOULD-BE PARENTS SAY THEY MAY HAVE CHILDREN SOONER BECAUSE OF COVID-19EHINCHLIFFEAUGUST 24, 2020FORTUNERepublicans, meanwhile, are leery of continuing the full payments, saying they will discourage people from returning to work.
ECONOMISTS THINK CONGRESS SHOULD KEEP PAYING UNEMPLOYED WORKERS $600 A WEEK — OR EVEN MORENEIL PAINE (NEIL.PAINE@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)JULY 21, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThese discouraging numbers have led many businesses to focus on improving their products and services, thus doing their best to retain a loyal customer.
DIGITAL MARKETING DURING COVID-19 TIMES: DATA-DRIVEN INSIGHTSEUGENE LATAJUNE 10, 2020SEARCH ENGINE WATCHVictim advocates are concerned that the new rules will discourage victims from coming forward.
HERE’S HOW THE NEW TITLE IX REGULATIONS WILL AFFECT SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES ON CAMPUSLGBTQ-EDITORMAY 7, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSHe believed in the value of viva voce discussion, and discouraged all unnecessary inter-departmental correspondence.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOWMy brother recovered his old spirit and refused to be discouraged by my pessimistic view of his expedition.
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYDOn the very summit of one of these is perched a ruined castle, whose inaccessible position discouraged nearer acquaintance.
BRITISH HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM A MOTOR CARTHOMAS D. MURPHYBut I reckon the smuggling of Chinks into this section has been pretty well discouraged.
MOTOR MATT'S "CENTURY" RUNSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSWORDS RELATED TO DISCOURAGED
- blue
- bummed out
- cast down
- crestfallen
- crummy
- dejected
- desolate
- despondent
- destroyed
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- dismal
- dispirited
- down
- down and out
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downcast
- downhearted
- dragged
- forlorn
- gloomy
- glum
- grim
- heavy-hearted
- hurting
- in a blue funk
- in pain
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- in the toilet
- let down
- low
- low-down
- low-spirited
- lugubrious
- melancholic
- melancholy
- miserable
- moody
- morose
- not happy
- on a downer
- pessimistic
- ripped
- sad
- spiritless
- taken down
- tearful
- teary
- torn-up
- unhappy
- upset
- weeping
- woebegone
- all torn up
- blue
- bummed out
- cast down
- dejected
- despairing
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- disheartened
- dispirited
- doleful
- down
- downcast
- downhearted
- forlorn
- gloomy
- glum
- griefstricken
- grieving
- hopeless
- in a blue funk
- in despair
- in the pits
- low
- low-spirited
- melancholy
- miserable
- morose
- mourning
- sad
- shot down
- sorrowful
- woebegone
- wretched
- aghast
- balked
- beaten
- chapfallen
- complaining
- crestfallen
- defeated
- depressed
- despondent
- disconcerted
- discontented
- discouraged
- disenchanted
- disgruntled
- disillusioned
- dissatisfied
- distressed
- down
- down in the dumps
- downcast
- downhearted
- foiled
- frustrated
- hopeless
- objecting
- shot down
- taken down
- thwarted
- unhappy
- unsatisfied
- upset
- vanquished
- worsted
- bad
- blue
- brooding
- bummed out
- cast down
- chapfallen
- cheerless
- crestfallen
- daunted
- dejected
- despondent
- disappointed
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- disheartened
- dismayed
- dispirited
- distressed
- doleful
- down
- down in the dumps
- down-in-the-mouth
- downhearted
- dragged
- droopy
- dull
- forlorn
- gloomy
- glum
- heartsick
- in pain
- listless
- low
- low-spirited
- miserable
- moody
- mopey
- morose
- oppressed
- sad
- shot down
- singing the blues
- sunk
- troubled
- weighed down
- woebegone
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