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discourager|dɪˈskʌrɪdʒə(r)|
[f. discourage v. + -er1.]
One who or that which discourages or disheartens; one who discountenances or ‘throws cold water’ upon efforts.
1631Gouge God's Arrows i. §46. 80 None [are] greater discouragers of the upright. 1710Macclesfield in Ld. Campbell Chancellors (1857) VI. cxxi. 10 Discouragers of those who preach virtue and piety. 1849Lewis Influence Author. Opin. ix. (L.), The promoter of truth and the discourager of error. 1884G. P. Lathrop True i. 5 Antiquity is a great discourager of the sympathies. |
