DISCOURAGE is validvalid

[v DISCOURAGED, DISCOURAGES, DISCOURAGING] : DISCOURAGEABLE [adj], DISCOURAGER [n], DISCOURAGINGLY [adv]

126,245 of 196,601 in NWL2023·also valid in CSW24

to dishearten; to depress the spirits of [v DISCOURAGED, DISCOURAGING, DISCOURAGES]