Synonyms of the word

discouraging

• v. present participle of discourage.
• adj. that causes discouragement.
• n. discouragement.

daunting

• v. present participle of daunt.
• adj. discouraging, inspiring fear.
• adj. overwhelming, intimidatingly impressive.

demoralising

• v. present participle of demoralise.
• adj. disheartening.

demoralizing

• v. present participle of demoralize.
• adj. disheartening.

disheartening

• adj. Causing a person to lose heart; making despondent or gloomy; discouraging.
• v. present participle of dishearten.

dispiriting

• adj. Lowering the morale of; making despondent or depressive; disheartening.
• v. present participle of dispirit.

dissuasive

• adj. Tending to dissuade, or divert form a measure or purpose; dehortatory.
• n. That which dissuades; a disincentive.

frustrating

• adj. discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty.
• v. present participle of frustrate.

hopeless

• adj. Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
• adj. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
• adj. Without talent, not skilled.

intimidating

• v. present participle of intimidate.
• adj. threatening.

unencouraging

• adj. Not encouraging.

unhelpful

• adj. Not providing help or assistance; not helpful.