Meaning

1 senses

  1. That causes discouragement.

    Near-synonyms: disheartening; see also Thesaurus:disheartening

More definitions
  • depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action
  • expressing disapproval in order to dissuade

Translations

5 languages

Synonyms

7 synonyms
disappointingA2dishearteningdemotivatingdemoralizingdispiritingdespiriting

Antonyms

1 antonyms
encouraging

Word family

2 related words
Deriveddiscouraginglyundiscouraging

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
discountB1discourageB1discouragementdiscourseC1discourteousdiscoverA2
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