discouraging
/dis'kʌridʤin/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Causing someone to lose confidence, hope, or enthusiasm; disheartening. It describes something that deters action by making a goal seem less achievable or appealing.
- Expressing disapproval or criticism. It describes an action, remark, or attitude that is intended to dissuade someone from a course of action.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The teacher's discouraging comments made the student hesitant to participate again.
- The team faced discouraging setbacks in the early stages of the project.
- The weather forecast for the picnic was very discouraging.
Advanced Usage
- "to find something discouraging": to perceive a situation or information as disheartening.
- I find the lack of progress on this issue deeply discouraging.
- Used to describe a general atmosphere or environment.
- He worked in a discouraging climate of constant criticism.
Variants and Related Words
- Discourage (verb): to try to prevent something by showing disapproval or creating difficulties; to make someone less confident or hopeful.
- The high cost is likely to discourage many potential buyers.
- Discouragement (noun): a loss of confidence or enthusiasm; an attempt to prevent something by showing disapproval.
- She refused to give in to discouragement.
- Discouraged (adjective): having lost confidence or enthusiasm.
- He felt discouraged by the repeated failures.
Synonyms
- Disheartening: Causing someone to lose determination or confidence.
- Deterring: Discouraging someone from acting by instilling doubt or fear of consequences.
- Daunting: Seeming difficult to deal with in a way that makes you feel less confident.
Antonyms
- Encouraging: Giving someone support, confidence, or hope.
- Heartening: Making someone feel cheerful or encouraged.
- Inspiriting: Filling with spirit or courage.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- A discouraging word: A remark intended to dissuade or express disapproval. (From the idiom "home, home on the range, where never is heard a discouraging word...").
- The supportive manager never uttered a discouraging word to her team.
Adjective
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expressing disapproval
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depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action
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where never is heard a discouraging word
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