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discouraging

adjective

1 discouraging

Depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action.

2 discouraging

Expressing disapproval in order to dissuade.


Moby thesaurus: admonitory, alarming, awing, black, bleak, cautionary, chilling, daunting, depressant, depressing, depressive, deterrent, deterring, disconcerting, disheartening, disinclining, dismal, dismaying, dispiriting, disquieting ... show more.

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