DISCOURAGE
DISCOURAGE, verb transitive discurage. [dis and courage. See Courage.]1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits; to deject; to deprive of confidence...
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DISCOURAGED
DISCOURAGED, participle passive Discuraged. Disheartened; deprived of courage or confidence; depressed in spirits; dejected; checked.
DISCOURAGEMENT
DISCOURAGEMENT, noun Discuragement.1. The act of disheartening, or depriving of courage; the act of deterring or dissuading from an undertaking; the act of depressing confidence...
DISCOURAGER
DISCOURAGER, noun Discurager. One who discourages; one who disheartens, or depresses the courage; one who impresses or fear of success; one who dissuades from an undertaking.
DISCOURAGING
DISCOURAGING, participle present tense Discuraging.1. Disheartening; depressing courage.2.adjective Tending to dishearten, or to depress the courage; as discouraging prospects.
DISCOURSE
DISCOURSE, noun Discors. [Latin, to run.]1. The act of the undertaking, by which it passes from premises to consequences; the act which connects propositions, and deduces conclu...
DISCOURSER
DISCOURSER, noun1. One who discourses; a speaker; a haranguer.2. The writer of a treatise or dissertation.
DISCOURSING
DISCOURSING, participle present tense Talking; conversing; preaching; discussing; treating at some length or in a formal manner.
DISCOURSIVE
DISCOURSIVE, adjective1. Reasoning; passing from premises to consequences.2. Containing dialogue or conversation; interlocutory.The epic is interlaced with dialogue or discoursi...
DISCOURTEOUS
DISCOURTEOUS, adjective Discurteous. [dis and courteous.] Uncivil; rude; uncomplaisant; wanting in good manners; as discourteous knight.
DISCOURTEOUSLY
DISCOURTEOUSLY, adverb Discurteously. In a rude or uncivil manner; with incivility.
DISCOURTESY
DISCOURTESY, noun Discurtesy. [dis and courtesy.] Incivility; rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; act of disrespect.Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a f...
DISCOURTSHIP
DISCOURTSHIP, noun Want of respect.
DISCOUS
DISCOUS, adjective [Latin] Broad; flat; wide; used of the middle plain and flat part of some flowers.
DISCOVER
DISCOVER, verb transitive [See Cover.]1. Literally, to uncover; to remove a covering. Isaiah 22:8.2. To lay open to the view; to disclose; to show; to make visible; to expose to...
DISCOVERABLE
DISCOVERABLE, adjective1. That may be discovered; that may be brought to light, or exposed to view.2. That may be seen; as, many minute animals are discoverable only by the help...
DISCOVERED
DISCOVERED, participle passive Uncovered; disclosed to view; laid open; revealed; espied or first seen; found out; detected.
DISCOVERER
DISCOVERER, noun1. One who discovers; one who first sees or espies; one who finds out, or first comes to the knowledge of something.2. A scout; an explorer.
DISCOVERING
DISCOVERING, participle present tense Uncovering; disclosing to view; laying open; revealing; making known; espying; finding out; detecting.
DISCOVERTURE
DISCOVERTURE, noun A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.
DISCOVERY
DISCOVERY, noun1. The action of disclosing to view, or bringing to light; as, by the discovery of a plot, the public peace is preserved.2. Disclosure; a making known; as, a bank...
DISCREDIT
DISCREDIT, noun [See the Verb.]1. Want of credit or good reputation; some degree of disgrace or reproach; disesteem; applied to persons or things. Frauds in manufactures bring t...
DISCREDITABLE
DISCREDITABLE, adjective Tending to injure credit; injurious to reputation; disgraceful; disreputable.
DISCREDITED
DISCREDITED, participle passive Disbelieved; brought into disrepute; disgraced.
DISCREDITING
DISCREDITING, participle present tense Disbelieving; not trusting to; depriving of credit; disgracing.
DISCREET
DISCREET, adjective [Latin, Gr. It is sometimes written discrete; the distinction between discreet and discrete are arbitrary, but perhaps not entirely useless. The literal sens...
DISCREETLY
DISCREETLY, adverb Prudently; circumspectly; cautiously; with nice judgment of what is best to be done or omitted.