discouraging Definition

disheartening, demoralizing, frustrating, dispiriting, intimidating, daunting, dissuasive, demoralising, unencouraging, encouraging, deterring, dissuading, depressing, preventing, disappointing, distressing, dismaying, impeding, curbing, dismal, disheartened, hindering, inhibiting, stifling, bleak, sad, deterrent, grim, frustrated, disappointed, thwarting, blocking, depressed, obstructing, aborting, foiling, depressive, demotivating, off-putting, disconcerting, worrisome, counterproductive, troubling, penalizing, disturbing, worrying, deflating, scaring, heartening, curtailing, counterintuitive, surprising, hurting, limiting, reassuring, unhelpful, distracting, restricting, detrimental, prohibiting, unsettling, unnerving, disincentive, undermining, motivating, discouragement, upsetting, alarming, disquieting, saddening, distasteful, rewarding, bad, forbidding, undesirable, galling, precluding, leery, hinder, ironic, damaging, confusing, condoning, positive, harmful, unfriendly, scary, infuriating, backfire, bothersome, spurring, frightening, shortsighted, unwelcome, perverse, sobering, harming, maddening, unproductive, unacceptable,