Pessimistic vs Discourage - What's the difference?
pessimistic | discourage |
Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.
Pertaining to the worst-case scenario.
To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
* Bible, Col. iii. 21
To persuade somebody not to do something.
* Abraham Lincoln
Lack of courage
As an adjective pessimistic
is marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.As a verb discourage is
to extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.As a noun discourage is
lack of courage.pessimistic
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Adjective
(en adjective)- a pessimistic view of the future
- a pessimistic estimate
Antonyms
* optimisticdiscourage
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Verb
(discourag)- Don't be discouraged by the amount of work left to do: you'll finish it in good time.
- Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged .
- Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.