discourages

Meaning of discourages

verb
  1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
    Don't be discouraged by the amount of work left to do: you'll finish it in good time.
  2. To persuade somebody not to do (something).

Information about discourages

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of discourages is: discourage.
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Hyphenation of discourages

dis-cour-ages

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • discourages is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

discourages synonyms

Meaning :

deter, dissuade

discourages antonyms

Meaning :

encourage

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