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[ adjective ] depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action
Examples "where never is heard a discouraging word" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)It is discouraging for students to realize that the societies do not truly uphold the standards for which they are supposed to stand . Related terms encouraging frustrating demoralizing unencouraging daunting hopeless dissuasive unhelpful |
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[ adjective ] expressing disapproval
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