discourager
- a word derived from discourage.
Example Sentences
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Here, she explained, her part was that of discourager of enthusiasm, but repression was never practised in a more sympathetic and discerning spirit.
From The Collectors by Mather, Frank Jewett
The large city, as we know it, is eminently a discourager of breadth of intelligence.
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph
"Well, she didn't," snorted Uncle Andy, the discourager of sentiment.
From Children of the Wild by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
Oh, Belford, the virtue of this world is a great discourager of repentance.
From Old Friends, Epistolary Parody by Lang, Andrew
Instead of this Is heard the mournful moan of the discourager, Portending peril, shipwreck, loss of all.
From Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life by Gurney, Eliza Paul
