What is another word for discouraging?
426 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ dɪskˈʌɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ], [ dɪskˈʌɹɪdʒɪŋ], [ d_ɪ_s_k_ˈʌ_ɹ_ɪ_dʒ_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for discouraging:- all (adjective)
- bad (adjective)
- bleak (adjective)
- chill (adjective)
- demoralizing (adjective)
- destructive (adjective)
- deterring (adjective)
- disappointing (adjective)
- dismal (adjective)
- dispiriting (adjective)
- disturbing (adjective)
- gloomy (adjective)
- hopeless (adjective)
- inauspicious (adjective)
- oppressive (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- perturbing (adjective)
- preventive (adjective)
- sad (adjective)
- unsettling (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- de-motivating (verb)
- disappointing (verb)
- dissuading (verb)
- other synonyms
- encouraging
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Discouraging:
adj.
•all (adjective) •bad (adjective) •bleak (adjective)- more unpromising,
- funereal,
- dis-heartening,
- un-promising,
- drearest,
- most disheartening,
- somber,
- un promising,
- most unpromising,
- more disheartening,
- dis heartening,
- drearer.
- with drawn,
- most uncompanionable,
- un-welcoming,
- un-genial,
- un-companionable,
- de pressing,
- with-drawn,
- de-pressing,
- more unwelcoming,
- in-different,
- un responsive,
- most ungenial,
- in different,
- more uncompanionable,
- un genial,
- re-served,
- un-responsive,
- un companionable,
- un-emotional,
- most unwelcoming,
- re served,
- solitary,
- un welcoming,
- more ungenial,
- un emotional.
- most harassing,
- Harassing,
- most agitating,
- more agitating,
- more aggravating,
- more dismaying,
- dis comforting,
- embarrassing,
- most discomforting,
- more discommoding,
- dis-maying,
- most dismaying,
- most discommoding,
- more discomforting,
- dis maying,
- most aggravating,
- in-convenient,
- in convenient,
- more harassing,
- more vexing,
- dis-comforting,
- most vexing.
- more depressive,
- more saddening,
- most acheronian,
- more acheronian,
- more acherontic,
- tenebrific,
- most saddening,
- most acherontic,
- most depressive.
- beyond recall,
- helpless,
- irremediable,
- up the creek,
- unachievable,
- in despair,
- goner,
- shot down,
- past hope,
- unmitigable,
- irredeemable,
- no-win.
- un-timelier,
- ill boding,
- most foreboding,
- un-luckiest,
- un-luckier,
- un-timeliest,
- more ill omened,
- un propitious,
- more ill-omened,
- un lucky,
- ill omened,
- un-timely,
- un timelier,
- most illomened,
- un luckier,
- fore boding,
- in-opportune,
- un luckiest,
- in auspicious,
- Ill-boding,
- illboding,
- in opportune,
- inauspicious,
- more illomened,
- un timeliest,
- un timely,
- most ill-omened,
- more foreboding,
- in-auspicious,
- fore-boding,
- most ill omened,
- un-lucky.
- more ironhanded,
- most confining,
- most headache,
- more headache,
- in-human,
- Over-bearing,
- ex acting,
- more confining,
- super-incumbent,
- un juster,
- heavy handed,
- un just,
- un justest,
- most superincumbent,
- un-justest,
- super incumbent,
- heavyhanded,
- ex-acting,
- in human,
- over bearing,
- most ironhanded,
- un-just,
- more superincumbent,
- un-juster.
- in the pits,
- acherontic,
- disturbing,
- chill,
- acheronian,
- destructive,
- ironhanded,
- unsupportive,
- drear,
- Uncompanionable,
- demoralizing,
- illomened,
- disappointing,
- head ache,
- ungenial,
- troublous,
- unpromising,
- rough going,
- upsetting,
- dismal,
- superincumbent,
- oppressive,
- unwelcoming,
- depressive,
- dim,
- bad,
- heart-rending,
- unsettling,
- perturbing,
- ill-omened.
n.
•Other relevant words: (noun)- preventive,
- bleak,
- black,
- grim,
- daunting,
- dismay,
- intimidate,
- monitory,
- inopportune,
- throw cold water on,
- preventative,
- disadvantageous,
- hold back,
- turn aside,
- fearsome,
- cast gloom upon,
- startling,
- intimidating,
- dishearten,
- prohibitive,
- unman,
- deterrent,
- put off,
- hinder,
- restrain,
- hopeless,
- cow,
- quiet,
- alarming,
- warn,
- dissuasive,
- overawe,
- dispirit,
- Scaring,
- fear-inspiring,
- awing,
- prostrate,
- hold off,
- cautionary,
- frightful,
- deject,
- fearful,
- depressant,
- forestalling,
- lessen the self-confidence of,
- unfavourable,
- disincline,
- unnerve,
- dampen,
- admonitory,
- Overawing,
- depress,
- dispiriting,
- withhold,
- Dissuading,
- Deterring,
- dash one's hopes,
- frustrating,
- daunt,
- disheartening,
- dreary,
- repress,
- unhelpful,
- check,
- demoralising,
- damp,
- deprive of courage,
- Expostulatory,
- chilling,
- down,
- dampen the spirits,
- disconcerting,
- alarm,
- disillusion,
- disquieting,
- scary,
- Disinclining,
- get down,
- keep from,
- deter,
- sad,
- interfere with,
- persuade against,
- unencouraging,
- prophylactic,
- scare off,
- control,
- cast down,
- impede,
- prevent,
- repressing,
- preclusive,
- beat down,
- unfavorable,
- talk out of,
- off-putting,
- inhibit,
- dissuade,
- obstruct,
- break one's heart,
- forbidding,
- frightening,
- throw a wet blanket on,
- dismaying,
- keep back,
- demoralize,
- hindering,
- demoralise,
- confuse,
- depressing,
- curb.
v.
•de-motivating (verb) •disappointing (verb) •dissuading (verb)Other synonyms:
•encouraging •Other relevant words (noun):- Discountenancing,
- reject,
- cheerless,
- second-rate,
- agonizing,
- inferior,
- untoward,
- racking,
- cold,
- blame,
- unhopeful,
- prohibitory,
- dolorous,
- brutal,
- inadequate,
- Abashing,
- eliminate,
- repressive,
- disapprove,
- warning,
- distressing,
- unpropitious,
- deny,
- overpowering,
- suppressive,
- discourage,
- poor,
- inhibitory,
- unnerving,
- wretched,
- unfortunate,
- unendurable,
- onerous,
- deprecate,
- severe,
- refuse,
- sorry,
- restrictive,
- harrowing,
- heavy,
- unsatisfactory,
- cumbersome,
- terrorizing,
- Damping,
- intolerable,
- repudiate,
- reproving,
- blocking,
- insufficient,
- Dissatisfying,
- Rejecting,
- disapproving,
- grievous,
- deadening,
- despairing,
- Cowing,
- unbearable,
- pathetic,
- condemn,
- burdensome,
- exhausting,
- Dejecting,
- harsh,
- repelling,
- saddening,
- overwhelming,
- disallow,
- adverse,
- tyrannical,
- Cautioning,
- baffling.
Paraphrases for Discouraging:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
disheartening, dispiriting.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Dissuading, Deterring, detering.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
frustrating, disappointed, deterrent, encouraging, frustrated, bleak, sad, chilling, depressed, prohibitive.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Avoiding, restricting, Disrupting, impeding, forestalling, Obstructing, hindering, stopping, Precluding, Curtailing, Restraining, Preventing, Prohibiting, reducing, Jeopardizing, Counteracting, undermining, constraining, Suppressing, averting, Hampering, curbing, stifling, thwarting, Mitigating, prevention, minimising, disheartening, minimizing, Impairing, Addressing, Depriving, affecting, dampening, inhibiting, countering, Reining, demotivating, fostering, opposing, Prejudicing, banning, Denying, Delaying, worsening, blocking, limiting, Interrupting, arresting, Stemming, degrading, interfering, Containing, Checking, cheering, Promoting, Reversing, deteriorating, barring, Influencing, foiling, aborting, slowing, depressing, Combating, combatting, tackling, fighting, Against, Anchoring, braking, stunting, controlling, attacking, frustrating, dispiriting, encouraging.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
discouraged, disappointing, depressing, distressing, daunting, dissuasive, dismal, grim, off-putting, dismaying, disheartened.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Discouraging:
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adj.
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all
encouraging.
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upsetting
cheerful, inspiring, happy, favorable, bright, heartening, pleasant, sunny, inspiriting, auspicious, light.
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all
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p. pr. & vb. n.
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Other antonyms:
persuasive.
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