How to pronounce discouragement
Listen to discouragement in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“discouragement” in real sentences
78 clips in the index · 25 American · 9 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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encouragement or discouragement.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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cynicism, resignation or discouragement.
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
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i had into this so it is discouragement
British Library · hear it here
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be useful as a discouragement to fishing expeditions.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of discouragement. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.