What does discourage means

it means to persuade somebody from doing something.

e.g. my teacher discouraged me from taking an art course because of my broken hand.

abater   ambary   ambery   baryta   baryte   bemata   betray   jarvey   ramate   ramjet

explanation:

those are all the possible words

the answer is subjective. i personally agree with the first answer for this question.

if one isn't strictly talking about objects then the correct answer would be 'my eyes' since according to this riddle i am asleep and in order to answer/open the door i need to open my eyes first of all.

however, if one is specifically looking for an object, then the first thing i would open would be the door

hope this !