[ちからおとし, chikaraotoshi] (n) discouragement; disappointment; loss of energy; fatigue [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Discouragement \Dis*cour"age*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. descouragement,
F. d['e]couragement.]
1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being
discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence;
dejection.
[1913 Webster]
2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to
deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of
anything; a determent; as, the revolution was commenced
under every possible discouragement. "Discouragements from
vice." --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
discouragement
n 1: the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles [syn:
{discouragement}, {disheartenment}, {dismay}]
2: the expression of opposition and disapproval [ant:
{encouragement}]
3: the act of discouraging; "the discouragement of petty theft"
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