different between sadden vs discourage

English

Etymology

From Middle English saddenen, equivalent to sad +? -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæd?n/
• Rhymes: -æd?n

Verb

sadden (third-person singular simple present saddens, present participle saddening, simple past and past participle saddened)

1. (transitive) To make sad or unhappy.

2. (intransitive, rare) To become sad or unhappy.
3. (transitive, rare) To darken a color during dyeing.
4. (transitive) To render heavy or cohesive.

   • Marle's binding and sadning of land being the great Prejudice it doth to Clay-lands.

Translations

Anagrams

• dedans, desand, sanded

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?sad?den/

Verb

sadden

1. first-person singular past indicative of saddit

English

Etymology

From Middle French descourager (modern French décourager), from Old French descouragier, from des- and corage. Surface analysis dis- +? courage.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s?k???d??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s?k??d??/
• Hyphenation: dis?cour?age

Verb

discourage (third-person singular simple present discourages, present participle discouraging, simple past and past participle discouraged) (transitive)

1. (transitive) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.

   • Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

2. (transitive) To persuade somebody not to do (something).
   • 1854, Abraham Lincoln. Notes for a Law Lecture

     Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.

Synonyms

• becourage
• deter
• dissuade

Antonyms

• encourage

Translations

Noun

discourage (uncountable)

1. (rare) Lack of courage

Synonyms

• (lack of courage): cowardliness

Further reading

• discourage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.