discourageable

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

discourage +‎ -able

Adjective[edit]

discourageable (comparative more discourageable, superlative most discourageable)

  1. Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
    • 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volumes (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
      O love of unthankful souls, not discourageable by the most hateful indignities, by the basest repulses!