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discourager

discourager noun: one who discourages.

Noun

discourager (plural discouragers)

  1. One who discourages.
    • the promoter of truth and the discourager of error1849, George Cornewall Lewis, An Essay on the Influence of Authority in Matters of Opinion

Forms of discourager

pluraldiscouragers

Origin of discourager

From discourage + -er.

Questions about discourager

What does discourager mean?
Discourager means one who discourages.
What part of speech is discourager?
Discourager is a noun.
What is the plural of discourager?
The plural of discourager is discouragers.

Words near discourager in the dictionary

  1. discourageable
  2. discouraged
  3. discouragedly
  4. discouragement
  5. discouragements
  6. discourager
  7. discouragers
  8. discourages
  9. discouragest
  10. discourageth
  11. discouraging

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