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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.
1. : to deprive of courage or confidence : dishearten. was discouraged by repeated failure. 2. a. : to hinder by disfavoring. trying to discourage absenteeism. b. : to dissuade or attempt to dissuade from doing something. tried to discourage her from going. discourageable. di-ˈskər-i-jə-bəl. -ˈskə-ri- adjective. discourager noun. discouragingly.
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 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.
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.
Definitions of discouraging. adjective. depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action. “where never is heard a discouraging word” synonyms: daunting, intimidating. discouraging through fear. demoralising, demoralizing, disheartening, dispiriting. destructive of morale and self-reliance. frustrating.
