Synonyms for discouraging

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dih-skur-ij, -skuhr-

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈskɜr ɪdʒ, -ˈskʌr-

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Définition of discouraging

Origin : mid-15c., discoragen, from Middle French descourager, from Old French descoragier, from des- "away" (see dis-) + corage (see courage). Related: Discouraged; discouragement; discouraging.

adj upsetting

Example sentences :

Low-lying alligator, evading the eyesight and discouraging hope!
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

Burnside's repulse at Fredericksburg was followed by a discouraging retreat.
Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle

But it is so discouraging a thing to have my monitress so very good!
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Bitter taunts for the past, and discouraging views of the future?
Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells

And yet, when we wrote to our friends who were watching, their answer was most discouraging.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

"She really did frighten you," said Henry, who was far from discouraging timidity in females.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

She tried all sorts of tempting dishes, but the result was discouraging.
Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Baron Hbner speaks in discouraging tones of our position at the Cape.
Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey

But then came the discouraging knowledge that he could not play it well enough.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

From Ireland the tidings had long been of the most discouraging kind.
Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever

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