discourages

noun

(rare) Lack of courage

verb

(transitive) To persuade somebody not to do (something).

(transitive) To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.

Roots

disdis- · Latin · apart, not cor-cour · Latin · heart

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The word discourages breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: dis-, from Latin dis (“apart, not”); and -cour, from Latin cor (“heart”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.