dis‧cour‧age <span class="searchmatch">discourage</span> (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">discourages</span>, present participle <span class="searchmatch">discouraging</span>, simple past and past participle <span class="searchmatch">discouraged</span>) (transitive)...
/dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒd/ Hyphenation: dis‧cour‧aged <span class="searchmatch">discouraged</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">discouraged</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">discouraged</span>) Having lost confidence or hope; dejected;...
<span class="searchmatch">discourages</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">discourage</span>...
From <span class="searchmatch">discourage</span> + -er. <span class="searchmatch">discourager</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">discouragers</span>) One who <span class="searchmatch">discourages</span>. 1849, George Cornewall Lewis, An Essay on the Influence of Authority in...
d͡ʒɪŋ/ (US) IPA(key): /dɪsˈkɝ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪŋ/ <span class="searchmatch">discouraging</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">discourage</span> <span class="searchmatch">discouraging</span> That causes discouragement. Near-synonyms:...
From <span class="searchmatch">discourage</span> + -able. <span class="searchmatch">discourageable</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">discourageable</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">discourageable</span>) Capable of being <span class="searchmatch">discouraged</span>; easily disheartened...
<span class="searchmatch">discourage</span> + -ment. discouragement (countable and uncountable, plural discouragements) The loss of confidence or enthusiasm. The act of <span class="searchmatch">discouraging</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">discouragers</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">discourager</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">discouragings</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">discouraging</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">discourage</span> someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage. Synonym: <span class="searchmatch">discourage</span> Antonyms: hearten, encourage disheartener disheartenment <span class="searchmatch">discourage</span> someone...