DISCOURAGE
Dis*cour"age, n.
Defn: Lack of courage; cowardliness.
DISCOURAGEABLE
Dis*cour"age*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened. Bp. Hall.
DISCOURAGEMENT Dis*cour"age*ment, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. descouragement, F. découragement.]
1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.
2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution of anything; a determent; as, the revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement. "Discouragements from vice." Swift.
DISCOURAGER
Dis*cour"a*ger, n.
Defn: One who discourages.
The promoter of truth and the discourager of error. Sir G. C. Lewis.
DISCOURAGING
Dis*cour"a*ging, a.