discouraging

Letters that make discouraging

s, a, o, d, g, n, c, r, i, u are letters that make 'discouraging'

Words within discouraging

disco, disc, SC, Sc, Ag, ragi, ng, Gi, raging, aging, GI, in, gin, rag, RA, scour, Ur, CO, IN, Ra, Dis, Co, In are words within 'discouraging'


2 possible definitions for 'discouraging'

Discouraging as "depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action"

Under this definition, discouraging is an adjective and has the following properties:

Antonyms

encouraging has the opposite meaning of discouraging

Similar to discouraging

daunting, intimidating, demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting, frustrating, unencouraging are similar to 'discouraging'.

Example of discouraging used within this context

"where never is heard a discouraging word"


Discouraging as "expressing disapproval"

Under this definition, discouraging is an adjective and has the following properties:

Similar to discouraging

dissuasive is similar to discouraging.



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