DISCOURAGE vs CURTAIL: NOUN
- Want of courage, cowardice.
- Lack of courage; cowardliness.
- A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.
- A corruption of curtal. Compare curtail, v.
- In architecture, a member shaped like a volute or scroll, especially in stair-building, as in the lower termination of a hand-rail or the projection of the lowest step of a flight. See curtail-step.
- The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
DISCOURAGE vs CURTAIL: VERB
- Try to prevent; show opposition to
- Deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
- To take away or reduce the courage of.
- To persuade somebody not to do something.
- Admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
- To limit or restrict, keep in check.
- To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
- To cut short the tail of an animal
- Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
- Place restrictions on
DISCOURAGE vs CURTAIL: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit.
- To dissuade or deter (someone) from doing something.
- To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from.
- To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage
- To try to prevent by expressing disapproval or raising objections.
- To cut short or reduce: : shorten.
- To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
DISCOURAGE vs CURTAIL: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To deprive of, or cause to lose, courage; dishearten; depress in spirit; deject; dispirit.
- To lessen or repress courage for; obstruct by opposition or difficulty; dissuade or hinder from: as, to discourage emigration; ill success discourages effort; low prices discourage industry.
- To lose courage.
- Try to prevent
- Show opposition to
- Deprive of courage or hope
- Take away hope from
- Cause to feel discouraged
- To deprive by excision or removal; abate by deprivation or negation: as, to curtail one of part of his allowance, or of his proper title.
- To cut short; cut off the end or a part of; dock; diminish in extent or quantity: as, to curtail words.
DISCOURAGE vs CURTAIL: RELATED WORDS
- Curb, Inhibit, Impede, Avoid, Curtail, Restrict, Hinder, Preclude, Encourage, Deterring, Prevent, Dissuade, Admonish, Warn, Deter
- Undermine, Diminish, Stifle, Lessen, Impede, Thwart, Discourage, Rein, Constrain, Reduce, Clip, Cut short, Cut back, Curb, Restrict
DISCOURAGE vs CURTAIL: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Curb, Inhibit, Impede, Avoid, Curtail, Restrict, Hinder, Preclude, Encourage, Deterring, Prevent, Dissuade, Admonish, Warn, Deter
- Undermine, Diminish, Stifle, Lessen, Impede, Thwart, Discourage, Rein, Constrain, Reduce, Clip, Cut short, Cut back, Curb, Restrict
DISCOURAGE vs CURTAIL: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Discourage districts from tying compensation to advanced degrees.
- Do you want to discourage customers from defecting?
- Formula contains a bitterant to discourage inhalant abuse.
- High costs might discourage entry into the market.
- We discourage growth, investment, and quality of life.
- IJARP strongly condemn and discourage practice of plagiarism.
- Vehicle sanctions thus certainly discourage repeated DWS offending.
- Martinus did not completely discourage people from meditating.
- Will value pricing discourage ridesharing and transit use?
- The lack of standardization can discourage business from good behavior and it can also discourage consumers, investors, and governments from rewarding good behavior.
- President Trump Attempted to Curtail the Special Counsel Investigation.
- However, current reform initiatives could curtail these freedoms soon.
- Could he curtail his supply of provisions and stores.
- Cityto work with the administration to curtail retirement contributions.
- Failure to engage will waste resources and curtail opportunities.
- The amendment, if passed will literally curtail these freedoms.
- VIN number curtail that idea for Honda City?
- Used too much curtail in grass kill dandelions.
- Bureau that mechanisms exist to curtail frivolous litigation.
- Something must be done to curtail the vice.
DISCOURAGE vs CURTAIL: QUESTIONS
- Do antitrust laws discourage businesses from doing social good?
- Do gender stereotypes discourage girls from playing sports?
- Does the patent system encourage or discourage innovation?
- What are some leadership behaviors that discourage innovation?
- How does an oligopoly encourage or discourage innovation?
- How do established organizations discourage new entrants?
- Did the $600 unemployment supplement discourage work?
- Will post-service depositions discourage government officials?
- What behaviors discourage empowerment in your team?
- Do metatheoretical frameworks discourage critical analysis?
- Does the commencement of proceedings curtail ordinary use of a condemned property?
- When must an operator curtail the CG envelope and the weight?
- How many answers to to curtail or shorten (7) crossword clue?
- What is the most likely answer to the puzzle curtail?
- Is there enough advancement in research to curtail the antimicrobial resistance?
- Does the UFC Performance Institute want to curtail extreme weight cutting?
- What does the Censor Board try to curtail in movies?
- What did photographers say restrictions would curtail press freedoms?
- Did prohibition curtail social problems and improved morality?