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    discouraging
    /dɪˈskʌrɪdʒɪŋ/

    adjective

    • 1. causing someone to lose confidence or enthusiasm; depressing: "a discouraging experience"

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  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › discouragingDISCOURAGING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Discouraging means making you feel less confident, enthusiastic, and positive about something, or less willing to do something. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, synonyms, and translations in different languages.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › discourageDiscourage Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Discourage is a verb that means to deprive of courage or confidence, to hinder, or to dissuade. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for discourage.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › discourageDISCOURAGE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    to try to prevent something from happening or someone from doing something, or to have the effect of making something less likely: We tried to discourage him from spending so much money. Higher taxes could discourage business investment.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › discourageDISCOURAGE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    Learn the meaning of discourage, a verb that means to make someone feel less confident or to prevent something from happening. See how to use discourage in sentences and contrast it with encourage.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › discourageDiscourage - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    When you discourage someone, you try to talk them out of doing something, by pointing out reasons why their planned action would be unwise. The verb discourage has roots in the French word descouragier, which comes from des-, meaning “away,” and corage, or “courage.”

  8. www.dictionary.com › browse › discourageDISCOURAGE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

    To discourage is to dishearten by expressing disapproval or by suggesting that a contemplated action or course will probably fail: He was discouraged from going into business. To dismay is to dishearten completely: Her husband's philandering dismayed her.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitiondiscouraging adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation ...

    Definition of discouraging adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.