Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discourageable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-cour-age-able
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.

Example Sentences

"O love of unthankful souls, not discourageable by the most hateful indignities, by the basest repulses!"

Etymology

From discourage + -able.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: discourage

Inflected Forms

more discourageable (comparative) most discourageable (superlative)

Derived Forms

undiscourageable

Questions

What does discourageable mean?: Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
Where does discourageable come from?: From discourage + -able.

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