[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

discourage \discour"age\ ?; 48, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   discouraged; p. pr.  vb. n. discouraging. pref. dis- +
   courage: cf. of. descoragier, f. d'ecourager: pref. des-
   l. dis- + corage, f. courage. see courage.
   1. to extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress
      the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; --
      the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his
      undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like
      attempt.
      1913 webster

            fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest
            they be discouraged.                  --col. iii.
                                                  21.
      1913 webster

   2. to dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to
      seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they
      discouraged his efforts.

   syn: to dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade;
        disfavor.
        1913 webster
see also:
discouraged discouraging courage 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

discouraging \discour"aging\, a.
   causing or indicating discouragement. --
   discour"agingly, adv.
   1913 webster
see also:
discour"agingly 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

discouraging
     adj 1: depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence
            often deterring action; "where never is heard a
            discouraging word" ant: encouraging
     2: expressing disapproval
see also:
encouraging 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

45 moby thesaurus words for "discouraging":
   admonitory, alarming, awing, black, bleak, cautionary, chilling,
   daunting, depressant, depressing, depressive, deterrent, deterring,
   disconcerting, disheartening, disinclining, dismal, dismaying,
   dispiriting, disquieting, dissuading, dissuasive, down, dreary,
   expostulatory, fear-inspiring, fearful, fearsome, forbidding,
   forestalling, frightening, frightful, hindering, intimidating,
   monitory, oppressive, overawing, preclusive, preventative,
   preventive, prohibitive, prophylactic, scaring, scary, startling

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