Synonyms & related words for discouragement

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of discouragement. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to discouragement

Explore words related to discouragement — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include disheartenment, dismay, downheartedness, despondency, despondence, dispiritedness, dejection, despair. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does discouragement come from?

The word discouragement breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: dis-, from Latin dis (“apart, not”); and -cour, from Latin cor (“heart”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.