dis‧cour‧age discourage (third-person singular simple present discourages, present participle discouraging, simple past and past participle discouraged) (transitive)...
disheartened. unrecommended; unprescribed. discouragedly undiscouraged disheartened not recommended discouraged simple past and past participle of discourage...
From discourage + -er. discourager (plural discouragers) One who discourages. 1849, George Cornewall Lewis, An Essay on the Influence of Authority in...
d͡ʒɪŋ/ (US) IPA(key): /dɪsˈkɝ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪŋ/ discouraging present participle and gerund of discourage discouraging That causes discouragement. Near-synonyms:...
From discourage + -able. discourageable (comparative more discourageable, superlative most discourageable) Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened...
discourage + -ment. discouragement (countable and uncountable, plural discouragements) The loss of confidence or enthusiasm. The act of discouraging...
discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage. Synonym: discourage Antonyms: hearten, encourage disheartener disheartenment discourage...