discourage
Discourage is a 10 letter word which starts with the letter D and ends with the letter E for which we found 3 definitions.
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| (v. t.) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt. |
| (v. t.) To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as they discouraged his efforts. |
| (n.) Lack of courage; cowardliness. |
Syllable Information
The word discourage is a 10 letter word that has 3 syllable 's . The syllable division for discourage is: dis-cour-age
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