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- Dictionarydiscouraging/dɪˈskʌrɪdʒɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. causing someone to lose confidence or enthusiasm; depressing: "a discouraging experience"
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DISCOURAGING definition: 1. making you feel less confident, enthusiastic, and positive about something, or less willing to…. Learn more.
The meaning of DISCOURAGE is to deprive of courage or confidence : dishearten. How to use discourage in a sentence.
to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit. Synonyms: intimidate, cow, overawe, disparage, abash, deject, depress, daunt. Antonyms: encourage. to dissuade (usually followed by from ). to obstruct by opposition or difficulty; hinder: Low prices discourage industry.
to try to prevent something from happening or someone from doing something, or to have the effect of making something less likely: We tried to discourage him from spending so much money. Higher taxes could discourage business investment.
To discourage is to dishearten by expressing disapproval or by suggesting that a contemplated action will probably fail: He was discouraged from going into business. To dismay is to dishearten, shock, or bewilder by sudden difficulties or danger: a prosecutor dismayed by disclosures of new evidence.
Definition of discouraging adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit: Making so little progress after so much effort discouraged us. 2. To dissuade or deter (someone) from doing something: My adviser discouraged me from applying to big universities. 3.
