DISCOUNTENANCE
Dis*coun"te*nance, n.
Defn: Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever tends to check or discourage. He thought a little discountenance on those persons would suppress that spirit. Clarendon.
DISCOUNTENANCER
Dis*coun"te*nan*cer, n.
Defn: One who discountenances; one who disfavors. Bacon.
DISCOUNTER
Dis"count`er, n.
Defn: One who discounts; a discount broker. Burke.
DISCOURAGE
Dis*cour"age (; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discouraged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Discouraging.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F.
décourager: pref. des- (L. dis-) + corage, F. courage. See Courage.]
1. 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. Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Col. iii. 21.
2. To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts.
Syn.
— To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade; disfavor.