discouraging
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English
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]Verb
[edit ]discouraging
- present participle and gerund of discourage
Adjective
[edit ]discouraging
- That causes discouragement.
- Near-synonyms: disheartening ; see also Thesaurus:disheartening
- 1876, Brewster Higley, "A Home on the Range":
- Oh, give me a home where the Buffalo roam / Where the Deer and the Antelope play; / Where never is heard a discouraging word, / And the sky is not clouded all day
Derived terms
[edit ]Translations
[edit ]that causes discouragement
- Arabic: مُحْبِط m (muḥbiṭ), مُثَبِّط m (muṯabbiṭ)
- Catalan: descoratjador
- Dutch: ontmoedigend (nl)
- Finnish: lannistava (fi)
- French: décourageant (fr) , démotivant (fr)
- Greek: αποθαρρυντικός (el) m (apotharryntikós)
- Ancient Greek: ταπεινωτικός (tapeinōtikós)
- Italian: scoraggiante (it)
- Polish: antybodźcowy (literary), przeciwbodźcowy (literary), zniechęcający
- Portuguese: desencorajador
- Spanish: desalentador (es) , descorazonador (es)
Noun
[edit ]discouraging (plural discouragings )
- discouragement
- August 6, 1841, Lydia Ann Barclay, letter to J. B.
- But, alas! I fear the health of the better part is dwindling instead of increasing, through letting in the enemy's discouragings, and a want of feeling after the daily sap of life, whereby strength would be received to overcome all obstacles [...]
- August 6, 1841, Lydia Ann Barclay, letter to J. B.