Entry Word: discouragement

Function: noun

Meaning: the state of being discouraged <we tried to avoid discouragement after failing the test twice>

Synonyms demoralization, despair, despondency, disheartenment, dismay, dispiritedness

Related Words blues, dejection, depression, dumps, gloom, melancholy, mopes; defeatism, pessimism, resignation

Near Antonyms optimism, sanguinity

Antonyms encouragement