Discourage Crossword Clue

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DETER
5 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
PreventCrossword Clue
HinderCrossword Clue
Frighten offCrossword Clue
DissuadeCrossword Clue
Frighten off, as from doing somethingCrossword Clue

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DAUNT
5 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
IntimidateCrossword Clue
UnnerveCrossword Clue
CowCrossword Clue
Bookseller whose tote bag appeared in a leaked photograph of 20Crossword Clue
Subdue aunt, chasing Chief of DetectivesCrossword Clue
"Cow in tundra is bizarre; it has no right "Crossword Clue
Discourage Democratic relativeCrossword Clue

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DEPRESS
7 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
LowerCrossword Clue
Make blue wrinkle?Crossword Clue
SaddenCrossword Clue
Put down duke, a powerful ruler, to be unmarriedCrossword Clue
Papers on low exam grades cause unhappinessCrossword Clue
Bring down news boss backing the mediaCrossword Clue
Regularly tempt to cut garment lowerCrossword Clue

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POURCOLDWATERON
15 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Put down tip from firefighterCrossword Clue

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REPEL
5 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Fight offCrossword Clue
Put offCrossword Clue
Throw offCrossword Clue
Drive backCrossword Clue
What matching ends of magnets doCrossword Clue
Push awayCrossword Clue
Ward offCrossword Clue
Stave offCrossword Clue

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BUMOUT
6 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Disappoint, in slangCrossword Clue
Upset, informallyCrossword Clue

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CHILI
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Frito pie ingredientCrossword Clue
Frito pie topperCrossword Clue
Carolina Reaper, for oneCrossword Clue
Spicy stew sometimes served on ThanksgivingCrossword Clue
Cook-off bowlfulCrossword Clue
Word before "pepper" or "dog"Crossword Clue
Hot dish that sounds coldCrossword Clue
___ dogCrossword Clue
Dish with a fire-alarm rating systemCrossword Clue
Cook-off entryCrossword Clue

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CHILL
5 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Put on iceCrossword Clue
Kick backCrossword Clue
"You need to relax"Crossword Clue
RelaxedCrossword Clue
Laid-backCrossword Clue
RelaxCrossword Clue
Calm and mellow, in slangCrossword Clue
Child's poorly with coldCrossword Clue
Make colderCrossword Clue

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DAMP
4 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Like a wrung-out clothCrossword Clue
Like clothes put out to dryCrossword Clue
MoistCrossword Clue
Newly hung out to dry, sayCrossword Clue
A bit wetCrossword Clue
Kinda wetCrossword Clue
Slightly wetCrossword Clue
Mildly wetCrossword Clue

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PUTOFF
6 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
DelayCrossword Clue
DeterCrossword Clue
Defer turning up? SwellCrossword Clue
DeferCrossword Clue
PostponeCrossword Clue
DissuadeCrossword Clue
Discourage delayCrossword Clue

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RESTRAIN
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Stop and check locks in tsar when unrulyCrossword Clue
Hold backCrossword Clue
Control keeps regressive creative activity in checkCrossword Clue
Stop cats and dogs?Crossword Clue
Limit water after sleepCrossword Clue
Hold back remainder ahead of wet weatherCrossword Clue
Limit relaxation, taking shower?Crossword Clue
Inhibit relaxation before showerCrossword Clue
Sit down, come down, tie downCrossword Clue
Hold on with difficultyCrossword Clue

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UNNERVE
7 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Scare or confuseCrossword Clue
FazeCrossword Clue
RattleCrossword Clue
FlusterCrossword Clue
Intimidate a Parisian with bottleCrossword Clue
DemoralizeCrossword Clue
Get at Arsenal, no wingers, vague, no gutsCrossword Clue
Rattle exposed sunny serverCrossword Clue
Disconcert gunrunner, vetting casesCrossword Clue

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WETBLANKET
10 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
King entering battle with new cavalier, pessimistCrossword Clue
Buzzkill [bat, elk, newt]Crossword Clue
*Party pooperCrossword Clue
Feeble type felt regularly full of expressionless miseryCrossword Clue
KilljoyCrossword Clue
Killjoy in battle knew to yieldCrossword Clue
Misery, western and Aliens — nothing between themCrossword Clue
Spoilsport being vacuous in silly tweetCrossword Clue
Stick-in-the-mudCrossword Clue

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DAMPEN
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Make slightly wetCrossword Clue
Make it wet, study current passing throughCrossword Clue
Barrier and enclosure wetCrossword Clue
Discourage study covering a politicianCrossword Clue
A politician in office, wetCrossword Clue
Make wet writer stop firstCrossword Clue
RestrainCrossword Clue
Discourage study about a politicianCrossword Clue
Discourage study about a politicianCrossword Clue
Reduce block and writeCrossword Clue

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DETERGENTS
10 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Laundry products discourage guysCrossword Clue
Cleaners put off by toiletsCrossword Clue
Cleansers frighten chapsCrossword Clue
Cleaners check toiletsCrossword Clue
Cleaners check toiletsCrossword Clue
Check guys laundry suppliesCrossword Clue
Prevent gains being split by nucleus of money launderersCrossword Clue
Prevent gains being split by nucleus of money launderersCrossword Clue
Check fellows cleanersCrossword Clue
Put a stop to mans cleaning agentsCrossword Clue

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SLAPDOWN
8 Letters

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DETERGENT
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Cleaning put off refined manCrossword Clue
Cleaner declares arrears criticalCrossword Clue
Sort of soap bar, on Belgian territory, husband removedCrossword Clue
Put off man producing washing powder?Crossword Clue
Scare off man who is refined and cleanerCrossword Clue
Tide, for example, has to stop fellowCrossword Clue
Throw cold water on fellow washing stuffCrossword Clue
Cleaner put off, man!Crossword Clue
Put off by spot of grease on hospital department cleanerCrossword Clue
Check fellow is cleanerCrossword Clue

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DETERGORDON
11 Letters

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DETERMINE
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Figure outCrossword Clue
Resolve, may we infer, to encourage yours?Crossword Clue
DictateCrossword Clue
Figure 8Crossword Clue
Resolve to hold up explosive deviceCrossword Clue
Decide to turn off before pitCrossword Clue
Word in cryptic I need to find outCrossword Clue
Discourage Cyclopss resolveCrossword Clue
ResolveCrossword Clue
Decide to turn off before quarry, possiblyCrossword Clue

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DETERMINING
11 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Deciding to put off diggingCrossword Clue
Deciding to stop the process of extracting coal!Crossword Clue

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DASH
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Short sprintCrossword Clue
100-meter race, e.gCrossword Clue
Short footraceCrossword Clue
Small amountCrossword Clue
Vague amountCrossword Clue
SprintCrossword Clue
Recipe smidgen, as of saltCrossword Clue
Bit of saltCrossword Clue
Short raceCrossword Clue
Bit of Morse codeCrossword Clue

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DISPIRIT
8 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Make blue alcohol after daiquiris emptiedCrossword Clue
Make gloomy detectives reviewing drug experience swallow oneCrossword Clue
Make gloomy detectives reviewing drug experience swallow oneCrossword Clue

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OPPRESS
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
PersecuteCrossword Clue
Burden of proof initially with some of the mediaCrossword Clue
Overwhelm journalists after workCrossword Clue
Work on papers is burdenCrossword Clue
Work on papers is burdenCrossword Clue
Discourage work on fourth estateCrossword Clue
Be cruel to journalists after workCrossword Clue
Burden of work on mediaCrossword Clue
Work with fourth estate to subjugateCrossword Clue
Persecute the journalists behind the trimmed ropeCrossword Clue

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DEFLATE
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Air out?Crossword Clue
Take down, as a bouncy houseCrossword Clue
Collapse of residence into riverCrossword Clue
Note in dispute lacking content, let downCrossword Clue
Diminish three consecutive semitonesCrossword Clue
Let the air out ofCrossword Clue
Shrink and others supplied retrospectiveCrossword Clue
Dejected when damn rings punctureCrossword Clue
Into river, pad let downCrossword Clue
Into river, pad let downCrossword Clue

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DETERRENT
9 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
DisincentiveCrossword Clue
It puts one offCrossword Clue
Reason to avoid washing powder: no good, extra rinse at first neededCrossword Clue
Its French potatoes, not apples, conservationists blockCrossword Clue
Check blunder in unfinished easing of international tensionCrossword Clue
It puts off easing of tension, mostly involving fall from graceCrossword Clue
Disincentive to make mistake in almost complete detenteCrossword Clue
DisincentiveCrossword Clue
Tending to put offCrossword Clue

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DEMORALISE
10 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Dishearten loser I made drunkCrossword Clue
Throw into confusion with failure to capture gunmen in the centre of HonoluluCrossword Clue
Dishearten with exam in endCrossword Clue

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DETERIORATES
12 Letters

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DECAMP
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Leave suddenlyCrossword Clue
EscapeCrossword Clue
Leave suddenly, secretlyCrossword Clue
Move elsewhere in a hurryCrossword Clue
Leave suddenlyCrossword Clue
Remove moisture around electronic circuit leadsCrossword Clue
Leader sportingly beaten up, scarperCrossword Clue
Final month supported by a politician - leave quicklyCrossword Clue
Abruptly leave a prime minister after DecemberCrossword Clue
AbscondCrossword Clue

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DETERMINER
10 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Word such as this put off PitmanCrossword Clue
One concluding check on underground workerCrossword Clue
Retired men constructed conclusive argumentCrossword Clue

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DEJECT
6 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Cast down - failing to get justice for fellowCrossword Clue

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DEMOTIVATE
10 Letters

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DETERIORATE
11 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Check current fee to guard outlaws' leader and declineCrossword Clue
Go badCrossword Clue
Worsen significantlyCrossword Clue
"""Go downhill and stop,"" I pontificate "Crossword Clue
Go off outside, denied kiss during trystCrossword Clue
Grow worseCrossword Clue
Decline to discourage start of Irish pontificateCrossword Clue
Stop to make a speech about international declineCrossword Clue
Fail to speak after head of industry, after getting put offCrossword Clue
*AirwayCrossword Clue

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DISAPPOINT
10 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
Frustrate detectives needing a parking placeCrossword Clue
Let down sack?Crossword Clue
Fail in post: paid offCrossword Clue
Fail to criticise a suggestion about powerCrossword Clue

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DISCOUNTENANCE
14 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
Unfortunate innocent caused shameCrossword Clue
Frown on policemans faceCrossword Clue
Look unfavourably on refund with remorse after penny has droppedCrossword Clue
Continues being naughty in rumba, maybe, creating upsetCrossword Clue

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DETERIORATION
13 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
One irritated absurdly about nothing and getting worseCrossword Clue
Decline to check current addressCrossword Clue
Put off one speech in declineCrossword Clue
Put off one speech in declineCrossword Clue
Decline to put off one formal speechCrossword Clue
Put off speech about one in declineCrossword Clue
WorseningCrossword Clue

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PROHIBITIVE
11 Letters

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DECANTER
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Creature cages cannot bottleCrossword Clue
Glass container in crate Ned shiftedCrossword Clue
Carafe of French nectar drunkCrossword Clue
Tin in hamper, second container of 25?Crossword Clue
Tin in hamper, second container of 25?Crossword Clue
Tilt when boarding does for vesselCrossword Clue
Tilt when boarding does for vesselCrossword Clue
Stoppered vessel, vessel secured by stop!Crossword Clue
Put off carrying container, a stoppered glassCrossword Clue
Vessel to drive, empty, at reasonable lickCrossword Clue

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DAMPSQUIB
9 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Liberal MP is bad — without question, a disappointment.Crossword Clue
It promised but finally disappointedCrossword Clue
DisappointmentCrossword Clue
Let-downCrossword Clue
Failed attempt at bad, bad quips about MikeCrossword Clue
AnticlimaxCrossword Clue

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Showing 38 Matching Answers

DETER

5 RELATED CLUES

DAUNT

7 RELATED CLUES

DEPRESS

7 RELATED CLUES

POURCOLDWATERON

1 RELATED CLUES

REPEL

8 RELATED CLUES

BUMOUT

2 RELATED CLUES

CHILI

10 RELATED CLUES

CHILL

9 RELATED CLUES

DAMP

8 RELATED CLUES

PUTOFF

7 RELATED CLUES

RESTRAIN

10 RELATED CLUES

UNNERVE

9 RELATED CLUES

WETBLANKET

9 RELATED CLUES

DAMPEN

10 RELATED CLUES

DETERGENTS

10 RELATED CLUES

SLAPDOWN

DETERGENT

10 RELATED CLUES

DETERGORDON

DETERMINE

10 RELATED CLUES

DETERMINING

2 RELATED CLUES

DASH

10 RELATED CLUES

DISPIRIT

3 RELATED CLUES

OPPRESS

10 RELATED CLUES

DEFLATE

10 RELATED CLUES

DETERRENT

9 RELATED CLUES

DEMORALISE

3 RELATED CLUES

DETERIORATES

DECAMP

10 RELATED CLUES

DETERMINER

3 RELATED CLUES

DEJECT

1 RELATED CLUES

DEMOTIVATE

DETERIORATE

10 RELATED CLUES

DISAPPOINT

4 RELATED CLUES

DISCOUNTENANCE

4 RELATED CLUES

DETERIORATION

7 RELATED CLUES

PROHIBITIVE

DECANTER

10 RELATED CLUES

DAMPSQUIB

6 RELATED CLUES

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