Discouraging
/dɪsˈkɝ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 discouragement
"August 6, 1841, Lydia Ann Barclay, letter to J. B. But, alas! I fear the health of the better part is dwindling instead of increasing, through letting in the enemy's discouragings, and a want of feeling after the daily sap of life, whereby strength would be received to overcome all obstacles […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of discourage form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 That causes discouragement.
"Near-synonyms: disheartening; see also Thesaurus:disheartening"
Adjective
- 1 depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action wordnet
- 2 expressing disapproval in order to dissuade wordnet
Example
More examples"Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure scientific mind."