discouraging
71failure — n. 1) to experience failure 2) an abject, complete, dismal, hopeless, miserable, outright failure 3) a box office; crop failure 4) heart failure 5) a power failure 6) a failure to + int. (the patient s failure to respond to treatment was… …
72unpromising — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. discouraging, disappointing, hopeless. See prediction. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. discouraging, unfavorable, adverse; see negative 2 , unlikely 2 …
73depressing — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. discouraging, disheartening, saddening; see dismal 1 , sad 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. disheartening, discouraging, sad, dispiriting, hopeless, dismal, black, gloomy, cheerless, dreary, bleak, disappointing.… …
74hopeless — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Despairing] Syn. despondent, despairing, desperate, forlorn, disconsolate, depressed, dejected, melancholy, pessimistic, cynical; see also sad 1 . 2. [Discouraging] Syn. futile, unfortunate, threatening, bad, sinister,… …
75pessimistic — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Discouraging] Syn. bleak, dismal, worrisome, downbeat*; see dismal 1 . 2. [Inclined to a discouraging view] Syn. hopeless, gloomy, cynical, misanthropic, negative, negativistic, defeatist, melancholy, depressed, sullen,… …
76discourage — 01. Her parents tried to [discourage] her from marrying him, but she just ignored them. 02. He became totally [discouraged] after he failed his course a second time. 03. High interest rates are a serious [discouragement] to buying a house these… …
77discourage — /dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ / (say dis kurij) verb (t) (discouraged, discouraging) 1. to deprive of courage; dishearten; dispirit. 2. to obstruct by opposition or difficulty; hinder: low prices discourage industry; *They … put oil round the bricks to keep out… …
78daunting — adjective discouraging through fear • Syn: ↑intimidating • Similar to: ↑discouraging …
79discouragingly — adverb in a discouraging manner the failure rate on the bar exam is discouragingly high • Ant: ↑encouragingly • Derived from adjective: ↑discouraging …
80dissuasive — adjective deterring from action dissuasive advice made a slight dissuasive gesture with her hand • Ant: ↑persuasive • Similar to: ↑admonitory, ↑cautionary, ↑exemplary, ↑monitory, ↑ …
