Word: discouraging
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: di
scour
a
ging
Definition: discouragement; the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
Morphemes:
Affix: dis-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used as an intensifier of words with negative valence.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: dis-
Language: la
Decoded: dis-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: utterly, exceedingly
Affix: courage
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The ability to maintain one's will or intent despite either the experience of fear, frailty, or frustration; or the occurrence of adversity, difficulty, defeat or reversal.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cor
Language: la
Decoded: cor
Meaning: heart
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.