discouraging

4 definitions found

discouraging - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Discourage \Dis*cour"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Discouraged; p. pr. & vb. n. Discouraging.] [Pref. dis- +
     courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F. d['e]courager: pref. des-
     (L. dis-) + corage, F. courage. See Courage.]
     1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress
        the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; --
        the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his
        undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like
        attempt.
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              Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest
              they be discouraged.                  --Col. iii.
                                                    21.
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     2. To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to
        seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they
        discouraged his efforts.
  
     Syn: To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade;
          disfavor.
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  Discouraging \Dis*cour"a*ging\, a.
     Causing or indicating discouragement. --
     Dis*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.
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discouraging - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  discouraging
      adj 1: depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence
             often deterring action; "where never is heard a
             discouraging word" [ant: encouraging]
      2: expressing disapproval

discouraging - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "discouraging":
     admonitory, alarming, awing, black, bleak, cautionary, chilling,
     daunting, depressant, depressing, depressive, deterrent, deterring,
     disconcerting, disheartening, disinclining, dismal, dismaying,
     dispiriting, disquieting, dissuading, dissuasive, down, dreary,
     expostulatory, fear-inspiring, fearful, fearsome, forbidding,
     forestalling, frightening, frightful, hindering, intimidating,
     monitory, oppressive, overawing, preclusive, preventative,
     preventive, prohibitive, prophylactic, scaring, scary, startling