English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "ontmoedig" is om vertroue of entoesiasme te verloor; om minder hoopvol of gemotiveerd te voel. Dit kan ook beteken om te voorkom of te probeer verhoed dat iets gebeur, of om iemand minder selfversekerd of entoesiasties te laat voel.

Sentence Examples

  1. She felt discouraged any effort she made on her own was always met with defeat.
  2. During the daytime, it was perfectly fine to pass through the gate and walk around in the neighborhood outside the wall, but at night, it was strongly discouraged.
  3. By all which, instead of being discouraged, they are fifty times more violently bent upon prosecuting their schemes, driven equally on by hope and despair that as for himself, being not of an enterprising spirit, he was content to go on in the old forms, to live in the houses his ancestors had built, and act as they did in every part of life without innovation that some few other persons of quality and gentry had done the same, but were looked on with an eye of contempt and ill will, as enemies to art, ignorant, and ill commonwealthsmen, preferring their own ease and sloth before the general improvement of their country.
  4. With my hands clasped together, tapping incessantly against my chin, I looked around for a possible weapon but was quickly discouraged.
  5. In truth, I was discouraged by their nonchalant reaction to the splendid welcome.
  6. In short, I told him I did not venture to mention it to my father, as well on account of that difficulty, as of many others that discouraged me though I knew not well what they were, only that it seemed to me that what I desired was never to come to pass.
  7. We used to take such pride in ourselves, before the banishment discouraged everyone from even making an effort, Krista thought.
  8. The idea of fending off reporters discouraged me from going back home.
  9. Fogg, far from being discouraged, was continuing his search, resolved not to stop if he had to resort to Macao, when he was accosted by a sailor on one of the wharves.
  10. Hardly, however, had we done with our rejoicings, when an unforeseen accident occurred which discouraged us in no little degree.