10 Letters
5 Consonants
5 Vowels
3 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use discourage as a verb in a sentence.
About Discourage
A 3 syllables verb and 10 letters with the letters a, c, d, e, g, i, o, r, s, and u, 5 consonants, 5 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters ou. Discourage starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters d, di, dis, disc, disco, and the ending characters are e, ge, age, rage, urage, ..
Definition
Admonish or counsel in terms of someone''s behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"
Origin/Roots
Middle French
Compound Words
A compound word, discourage has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are dis, and courage.
School Grade
Discourage is set as a grade seven word that starts with d, ends with e, 3 syllables, 5 vowels and 10 letters.
Pig Latin
Discourage in Pig Latin is said as "iscourageday or iscouragedway".
Unigram
d | i | s | c | o | u | r | a | g | e
Bigram
di | is | sc | co | ou | ur | ra | ag | ge
Trigram
dis | isc | sco | cou | our | ura | rag | age
Quadrigram
disc | isco | scou | cour | oura | urag | rage
Word Gram
Verb Examples
admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior;
"I warned him not to go too far";
"I warn you against false assumptions";
"She warned him to be quiet"
try to prevent;
show opposition to;
"We should discourage this practice among our youth"
deprive of courage or hope;
take away hope from;
cause to feel discouraged

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Discourage"

There are 230 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to discourage.

SynonymDefinition
Afflictcause bodily suffering to
Affrightcause fear in
"The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"
Aidthe work of caring for or attending to someone or something
"no medical care was required"
"the old car needed constant attention"
Ailaromatic bulb used as seasoning
Alarma device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
Aliena form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere
Alienatearouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
Amazebe a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"
"Got me--I don''t know the answer!"
"a vexing problem"
"This question really stuck me"
Annoyancethe act of troubling or annoying someone
Anticipatebe a forerunner of or occur earlier than
"This composition anticipates Impressionism"

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Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from discourage.

Anagram Definition
Discourageadmonish or counsel in terms of someone''s behavior
"I warned him not to go too far"
"I warn you against false assumptions"
"She warned him to be quiet"

View English words with the unique letters used in discourage. Words With The Letters Acdegiorsu

Derives

Discourage derives from 7 words.

Word Definition
Admonishersomeone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
Admonitioncautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger)
Monitiona summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be granted
Monitorany of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia
fabled to warn of crocodiles
Reminderan experience that causes you to remember something
Warningcautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger)
Word Of Advice

Hypernyms

Discourage has 2 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Advisegive advice to
"The teacher counsels troubled students"
"The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"
Counselsomething that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action





     

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