Word: discouraging
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: di
scour
a
ging
Definition: Present participle of discourage; deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
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: Verb
Meaning: To encourage.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: cœur
Language: fr
Decoded: coeur
PoS: Noun
Meaning: heart (love)
Affix: -age
Language: fr
Decoded: -age
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result of Xing" or, more rarely, "action related to X".
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form present participles of verbs.