discouraging English

Meaning discouraging meaning

What does discouraging mean?

discouraging

— adjective depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action where never is heard a discouraging word

— adjective expressing disapproval

Synonyms discouraging synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as discouraging?

discouraging English » English

dispiriting

disheartening

hopeless

unpromising

saddening

lonely

helpless

forlorn

depressive

daunting

dampening

uneasy

intimidating

frowning

disapproving

deprecative

demoralizing

behemothian

Topics discouraging topics

What do people use discouraging to talk about?

Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Disappointed

• What words describe something that causes someone to feel disappointed?
  disappointing be a disappointment be an anticlimax be a letdown not live up to expectations not all it's cracked up to be discouraging disheartening frustrating not up to par