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discourageable

discourageable adjective: capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.

Adjective

discourageable (comparative more discourageable, superlative most discourageable)

  1. Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
    • O love of unthankful souls, not discourageable by the most hateful indignities, by the basest repulses!1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC

Forms of discourageable

comparativemore discourageable
superlativemost discourageable

Origin of discourageable

From discourage + -able.

Words formed from discourageable

Questions about discourageable

What does discourageable mean?
Discourageable means capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
What part of speech is discourageable?
Discourageable is an adjective.

Words near discourageable in the dictionary

  1. discounters
  2. discounting
  3. discountings
  4. discounts
  5. discourage
  6. discourageable
  7. discouraged
  8. discouragedly
  9. discouragement
  10. discouragements
  11. discourager

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