discouraging
1. [ adjective ] depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action
Examples:

"where never is heard a discouraging word"

Related terms: encouraging frustrating demoralizing unencouraging daunting hopeless dissuasive unhelpful
2. [ adjective ] expressing disapproval
Related terms: dissuasive
Similar spelling:   discouragingly
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