Discourage and Lose

Discourage

Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.

Lose and discourage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lose" instead a verb "Discourage".

Nearby Words: discouragement, discouraging

Lose

Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.

Discourage and lose are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Lose".

Nearby Words: loser, losing

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

interest discourage interest lose interest
someone discourage someone lose someone
war discourage war lose war

Both words in one sentence

  • Did he take the advice and fake the whole thing to discourage the kids who looked up to the gangster lifestyle, or did he really just lose it?
  • Even though this doesn't discourage Zot at first, after he fails to rescue some from a fire (it having been previously explained that Zot "never loses" because he believes he can never lose), he starts thinking that Jenny's Earth really isn't that good and leaves.
  • Public Service Announcement aka: PSA There was campaign run in partnership with MTV's UK branch entitled "Carry a Knife, Lose Your Life", in an effort to discourage knife crime.
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