| Meaning | depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action. |
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| Example | "where never is heard a discouraging word" |
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| Narrower | daunting, intimidating | discouraging through fear |
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| demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting | destructive of morale and self-reliance |
| frustrating | discouraging by hindering |
| unencouraging | not encouraging |
| See also | dissuasive | deterring from action |
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| hopeless | Without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success |
| unhelpful | Providing no assistance |
| Opposite | encouraging | Giving courage or confidence / confidence or hope |
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| Spanish | desalentador, descorazonador |
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| Adverbs | discouragingly | in a discouraging / discouraging manner |
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