discourage (v.)
- afflict
- anticipate
- avert
- awe
- bar
- blunt
- bother
- check
- chill
- cool
- cow
- damp
- dampen
- darken
- dash
- daunt
- debar
- deflect
- deject
- demoralize
- depress
- deter
- disaffect
- dishearten
- disincline
- dismay
- disparage
- dispirit
- dissuade
- distract
- distress
- divert
- droop
- estop
- exclude
- faze
- fend
- forbid
- foreclose
- forestall
- frighten
- help
- hinder
- indispose
- inhibit
- intimidate
- irk
- lower
- obviate
- oppose
- oppress
- overawe
- preclude
- prevent
- prohibit
- quench
- repel
- restrain
- sadden
- save
- scare
- shake
- sink
- slow
- stop
- suppress
- trouble
- try
- unman
- unnerve
- vex
- weigh