Hyphenation of discourage

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word discourage ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

dis-cour-age

Definitions of discourage :

1.	Try to prevent Show opposition to We should discourage this practice among our youth
2.	Deprive of courage or hope Take away hope from Cause to feel discouraged
3.	Admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior I warned him not to go too far I warn you against false assumptions She warned him to be quiet

Synonyms of discourage :

verb	deter, disapprove, reject
verb	warn, admonish, monish, advise, counsel

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.