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.
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Discouraging
//dɪsˈkɝ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪŋ//
Synonyms for "discouraging" (60 found)
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6 entriessimilar
16 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 11 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ταπεινωτικός adj (that causes discouragement)
Arabic
2 entries- مُثَبِّط adj (that causes discouragement)
- مُحْبِط adj (that causes discouragement)
Catalan
1 entries- descoratjador adj (that causes discouragement)
Dutch
1 entries- ontmoedigend adj (that causes discouragement)
Finnish
1 entries- lannistava adj (that causes discouragement)
French
2 entries- décourageant adj (that causes discouragement)
- démotivant adj (that causes discouragement)
Greek
1 entries- αποθαρρυντικός adj (that causes discouragement)
Italian
1 entries- scoraggiante adj (that causes discouragement)
Polish
3 entries- antybodźcowy adj (that causes discouragement)
- przeciwbodźcowy adj (that causes discouragement)
- zniechęcający adj (that causes discouragement)
Portuguese
1 entries- desencorajador adj (that causes discouragement)
Spanish
2 entries- desalentador adj (that causes discouragement)
- descorazonador adj (that causes discouragement)
Sample sentences
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It's discouraging that the travel expenses add up to 20,000 yen.
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That's discouraging.
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This is discouraging.
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