Defenition of the word discouraging

• Defenition of the word discouraging

  • depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; "where never is heard a discouraging word"
  • expressing disapproval
  • depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action

Synonyms for the word discouraging

• • daunting
  • disappointing
  • dispiriting
  • gloomy
  • hopeless

Similar words in the discouraging

• • daunting
  • demoralising
  • demoralizing
  • discouraging
  • discouragingly
  • disheartening
  • dispiriting
  • dissuasive
  • frustrating
  • hopeless
  • intimidating
  • unencouraging
  • unhelpful

Antonyms for the word discouraging

• • encouraging

See other words

• • What is noways
  • The definition of not recommended
  • The interpretation of the word nowhere
  • What is meant by defectiveness
  • The lexical meaning noway
  • The dictionary meaning of the word callisto
  • The grammatical meaning of the word without hesitation
  • Meaning of the word pronto
  • Literal and figurative meaning of the word nowadays
  • The origin of the word too quietly to be heard
  • Synonym for the word too softly to be heard
  • Antonyms for the word unintelligibly
  • Homonyms for the word not boding well
  • Hyponyms for the word foundational
  • Holonyms for the word immensely
  • Hypernyms for the word callousing
  • Proverbs and sayings for the word immeasurably
  • Translation of the word in other languages inestimably