discourager

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Propose a small party of pleasure to an apt discourager, and see what he will make of it.

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  1. One who or that which discourages, disheartens, or depresses the courage.
  2. One who discourages, discountenances, or deters: as, a discourager of or from marriage. Those discouragers and abaters of elevated love. Dryden, The Assignation, iii. 1.

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  • "Don't forget this little discourager," he warned. —  108 - Men of Fear
  • "This could be a real discourager of people for which there have been relatively few penalties when they're engaged in this activity," Whitman told reporters. —  New York News, Weather, Sports & Traffic - WCBSTV.com
  • "This could be a real discourager of people for which there have been relatively few penalties when they're engaged in this activity," Whitman said.
  • Of course, for an Authoritarian, it is "the normal thing" - pour discourager les autres. —  British Blogs
  • Propose a small party of pleasure to an apt discourager, and see what he will make of it. —  McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader
 

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