transitive verb (-aged; -aging)
Etymology: Middle English discoragen, from Middle French descorager, from Old French descoragier, from des- dis- + corage courage
Date: 15th century
to deprive of courage or confidence ; dishearten ,
2. to hinder by disfavoring , to dissuade or attempt to dissuade from doing something , discourageable adjective discourager noun discouragingly adverb