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Definition of discourage

"discourage" in the verb sense

1. deter, discourage

try to prevent show opposition to

"We should discourage this practice among our youth"

2. discourage

deprive of courage or hope take away hope from cause to feel discouraged

3. warn, discourage, admonish, monish

advise 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"

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Quotations for discourage

Some pretences daunt and discourage us, while others raise us to a brisk assurance. [ Glanville ]

You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill. [ Sir W. Temple ]

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discourage in Scrabble®

The word discourage is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters discourage:

DISCOURAGE

(153)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (31 words)

acerous, aroused, cargoes, carouse, ceroids, codgers, cordage, corsage, cougars, courage, coursed, cruised, crusade, desugar, dogears, gaudier, gaudies, gourdes, groused, radices, roadies, sarcode, saucier, scoriae, scoured, scourge, scrouge, sidecar, sourced, sugared, uricase

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word discourage

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In discourage

DISCOURAGE

(153)

DISCOURAGE

(135)

DISCOURAGE

(102)

CODGERS

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CORSAGE

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SOURCED

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ROADIES

(82 = 32 + 50)

RADICES

(82 = 32 + 50)

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discourage in Words With Friends™

The word discourage is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 17

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters discourage:

DISCOURAGE

(261)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (31 words)

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word discourage

DISCOURAGE

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In discourage

DISCOURAGE

(261)

DISCOURAGE

(189)

DISCOURAGE

(150)

DISCOURAGE

(114)

SCOURGE

(110 = 75 + 35)

CODGERS

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COUGARS

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COURAGE

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CRUSADE

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SCOURGE

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CARGOES

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CORSAGE

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ACEROUS

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GAUDIES

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URICASE

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DESUGAR

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Words within the letters of discourage

2 letter words in discourage (14 words)

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3 letter words in discourage (61 words)

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4 letter words in discourage (127 words)

5 letter words in discourage (131 words)

6 letter words in discourage (71 words)

7 letter words in discourage (31 words)

8 letter words in discourage (6 words)

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10 letter words in discourage (1 word)

discourage

discourage + 1 blank (2 words)

discouraged discourages

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Words containing the sequence discourage

Words that start with discourage (5 words)

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Words with discourage in them (5 words)

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Words that end with discourage (2 words)

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Word Growth involving discourage

Shorter words in discourage

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Longer words containing discourage

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