Discountable
(Dis*count"a*ble) a. Capable of being, or suitable to be, discounted; as, certain forms are
necessary to render notes discountable at a bank.
Discountenance
(Dis*coun"te*nance) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discountenanced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Discountenancing
] [Pref. dis- + countenance: cf. OF. descontenancer, F. décontenancer.]
1. To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.
How would one look from his majestic brow . . .
Discountenance her despised!
Milton.
The hermit was somewhat discountenanced by this observation.
Sir W. Scott. 2. To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to
restrain by cold treatment; to discourage.
A town meeting was convened to discountenance riot.
Bancroft. Discountenance
(Dis*coun"te*nance), n. Unfavorable aspect; unfriendly regard; cold treatment; disapprobation; whatever
tends to check or discourage.
He thought a little discountenance on those persons would suppress that spirit.
Clarendon. Discountenancer
(Dis*coun"te*nan*cer) n. One who discountenances; one who disfavors. Bacon.
Discounter
(Dis"count`er) n. One who discounts; a discount broker. Burke.
Discourage
(Dis*cour"age) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discouraged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Discouraging ] [Pref.
dis- + courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F. décourager: pref. des- (L. dis-) + corage, F. courage. See
Courage.]
1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; —
the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged
from a like attempt.
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Col. iii. 21. 2. To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one
from; as, they discouraged his efforts.
Syn. — To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade; disfavor.
Discourage
(Dis*cour"age), n. Lack of courage; cowardliness.
Discourageable
(Dis*cour"age*a*ble) a. Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened. Bp. Hall.
Discouragement
(Dis*cour"age*ment) n. [Cf. OF. descouragement, F. découragement.]
1. The act of discouraging, or the state of being discouraged; depression or weakening of confidence; dejection.
2. That which discourages; that which deters, or tends to deter, from an undertaking, or from the prosecution
of anything; a determent; as, the revolution was commenced under every possible discouragement. "Discouragements
from vice." Swift.
Discourager
(Dis*cour"a*ger) n. One who discourages.
The promoter of truth and the discourager of error.
Sir G. C. Lewis.
