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discouraging
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
discouraging
(adjective)
discourage
(verb)
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discouraging
/dɪ
ˈ
skɚrəʤɪŋ/
adjective
discouraging
/dɪ
ˈ
skɚrəʤɪŋ/
adjective
Learner's definition of DISCOURAGING
[
more discouraging; most discouraging
]
:
causing loss of hope or confidence
The team suffered another
discouraging
loss.
The latest test results were very
discouraging
.
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opposite
encouraging
— discouragingly
adverb
discouragingly
expensive
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