discouraging

1. 1.

   depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action

   “where never is heard a discouraging word”

   Antonymsencouraging

   Similardauntingdemoralizingfrustratingunencouraging
2. 2.

   expressing disapproval in order to dissuade

   Similardissuasive

Questions about discouraging

What does discouraging mean?

discouraging means "depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in discouraging?

discouraging has 4 syllables: di-scou-ra-ging. The stress falls on "scou". In IPA it is /dɪˈskɝədʒɪŋ/.

What is the opposite of discouraging?

The recorded antonyms are encouraging.

Is discouraging a common word?

discouraging is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.