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English adjective: discouraging | |||
| 1. | discouraging depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action | ||
| Samples | Where never is heard a discouraging word. | ||
| Similar | daunting, demoralising, demoralizing, disheartening, dispiriting, frustrating, intimidating, unencouraging | ||
| See also | dissuasive, hopeless, unhelpful | ||
| Antonyms | encouraging | ||
| 2. | discouraging expressing disapproval | ||
| Similar | dissuasive | ||
| Antonyms | persuasive | ||
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