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DISCOURAGEABLE
Etymology
Adjective
discourageable (comparative more discourageable, superlative most discourageable)
Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
O love of unthankful souls, not discourageable by the most hateful indignities, by the basest repulses!
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*cour"age*a*ble, a.
Definition: Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened. Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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