discouraging
adjective
1. depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action
- where never is heard a discouraging word
Similar word(s): daunting, intimidating, demoralising, demoralizing, disheartening, dispiriting, frustrating, unencouraging, unhelpful, hopeless, dissuasive
2. expressing disapproval in order to dissuade
Similar word(s): dissuasive
noun
1. discouragement
verb
1. present participle of discourage