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Adjective

Having lost confidence or hope

Feeling angry or annoyed

Suffering from frustration or dissatisfaction

Reluctant to proceed due to doubts or uncertainty

Past tense for to diminish the confidence or courage of

Past tense for to persuade (someone) against an action

Past tense for to (attempt to) prevent something from happening

Past tense for to prevent, avoid, or keep (something undesirable) at bay

Past tense for to hold or have a negative opinion of

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Adjective

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Having lost confidence or hope

demoralised^UK

demoralized^US

lacking in confidence

lacking in enthusiasm

somber^US

sombre^UK

baulked^UK

balked^US

at the end of your tether

gray^US

grey^UK

unable to be consoled

unable to be comforted

blue funk

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

feeling down

full of gloom

beside oneself with grief

agonized^US

agonised^UK

given to looking on the black side

lacking

overawed

looking on the dark side

looking on the black side

brought down to earth

humorless^US

humourless^UK

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

unfavorable^US

traumatized^US

traumatised^UK

wintry^US

wintery^UK

racked with suffering

snivelling^UK

sniveling^US

on the verge of tears

hairy

in floods of tears

with tears in your eyes

inexcusable

meagre^UK

meager^US

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“After a few days of unproductive searching, they returned to Shalisa Creek Bay, downhearted and discouraged.”

Adjective

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Feeling angry or annoyed

have had a basinful of

have had it up to here with

have had something up to here

sick to the back teeth

have had it up to here

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Adjective

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Suffering from frustration or dissatisfaction

ill-humored^US

carrying a chip on your shoulder

Adjective

Reluctant to proceed due to doubts or uncertainty

balking^US

baulking^UK

unfavorable^US

unfavourably disposed to

have misgivings about

have reservations about

have qualms about

shy away from

not have the heart to

be cagey about

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Past tense for to diminish the confidence or courage of

demoralised^UK

demoralized^US

dampened the spirits of

took the wind out of your sails

taken the wind out of your sails

terrorized^US

knocked the stuffing out of

terrorised^UK

put someone off their stroke

brought tears to your eyes

gave someone the blues

given someone the blues

paralysed^UK

paralyzed^US

made one's hair stand on end

made teeth chatter

chilled to the bone

made one's blood run cold

let wind out of sails

made blue

chased off

put the fear of God into

antagonized^US

knocked the wind out of

filled with consternation

caused someone to lose their composure

antagonised^UK

agonized^US

harshed someone's mellow

blinded someone with something

scared the pants off

made one's flesh creep

made wretched

chilled to the marrow

broke someone's heart

made someone jump out of their skin

agonised^UK

pulled the rug out from under

scared someone out of their wits

scared the bejesus out of

drove away

broken someone's heart

dissuaded

shattered the illusions of

scared someone half to death

scared the daylights out of

fretted

scared the living daylights out of

preyed on

pulled the rug from under

given someone the hump

gave someone the hump

took the heart out of

taken the heart out of

took your breath away

taken your breath away

taken down

took down

took down a peg or two

taken down a peg or two

thrown into a fright

gave one the creeps

given someone goose pimples

threw into a blue funk

given someone the heebie-jeebies

threw into a fright

given one the creeps

gave someone goose pimples

gave someone the heebie-jeebies

frozen your blood

thrown into a blue funk

stopped someone in their tracks

hurt somebody's feelings

knocked for a loop

setted someone back on their heels

tyrannized^US

traumatized^US

tyrannised^UK

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

traumatised^UK

knocked over with feather

hit like ton of bricks

pressurized^US

scandalized^US

galvanized^US

galvanised^UK

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

tantalised^UK

tantalized^US

scandalised^UK

pressurised^UK

rattled one's cage

messed with one's head

used strong-arm tactics on

rubbed up the wrong way

caused to be at a stand

pushed about

weighed on

grated on

raised someone's eyebrows

setted someone thinking

made someone scratch their head

ridden roughshod over

shaken out of your complacency

shook out of your complacency

driven to distraction

driven round the bend

gotten on one's nerves

drove you up the wall

gotten on your nerves

driven you up the wall

gotten under your skin

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“As fewer people rode the Sunset Limited, the train's financial losses began to discourage the executives of the Southern Pacific Railroad.”

Verb

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Past tense for to persuade (someone) against an action

“His father tried at first to discourage him from this occupation and to warn him that nothing was to be made of it.”

Verb

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Past tense for to (attempt to) prevent something from happening

put a spoke in someone's wheel

neutralized^US

neutralised^UK

brought to a standstill

baulked^UK

balked^US

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“Governor Hutchinson, upon information given him, thought it prudent to discourage any further inquiry.”

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Past tense for to prevent, avoid, or keep (something undesirable) at bay

defended oneself against

harbored^US

harboured^UK

shielded yourself from

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Past tense for to hold or have a negative opinion of

viewed with disfavour

indicated disapproval of

looked down on

had no liking for

looked down upon

treated with contempt

found intolerable

regarded with contempt

regarded with distaste

had no taste

held in disfavour

looked down at

turned your nose up at

sneered at

found distasteful

had an aversion to

looked down one's nose at

held in disdain

pooh-poohed

had no stomach for

regarded with disgust

showed disapproval of

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