discouraging

Meaning of discouraging

verb
  1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject.
    Don't be discouraged by the amount of work left to do: you'll finish it in good time.
  2. To persuade somebody not to do (something).

noun

Discouragement

adjective

That causes discouragement

Information about discouraging

  • The plural form of discouraging is: discouragings.
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Hyphenation of discouraging

dis-cour-ag-ing

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 12 chars.
  • discouraging is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

discouraging synonyms

Meaning :

deter, dissuade

discouraging antonyms

Meaning :

encourage

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