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discouraging 音標拼音: [dɪsk'ɚədʒɪŋ] [dɪsk'ɚɪdʒɪŋ] a. 令人氣餒的 令人氣餒的 discouraging adj 1: depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; " where never is heard a discouraging word" [ ant: { encouraging}] 2: expressing disapprovalDiscourage \ Dis* cour" age\ (?; 48), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Discouraged}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Discouraging}.] [ Pref. dis- courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F. d[' e] courager: pref. des- ( L. dis-) corage, F. courage. See { Courage}.] 1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt. [ 1913 Webster] Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. -- Col. iii. 21. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts. Syn: To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade; disfavor. [ 1913 Webster]
Discouraging \ Dis* cour" a* ging\, a. Causing or indicating discouragement. -- { Dis* cour" a* ging* ly}, adv. [ 1913 Webster] 45 Moby Thesaurus words for " discouraging": admonitory, alarming, awing, black, bleak, cautionary, chilling, daunting, depressant, depressing, depressive, deterrent, deterring, disconcerting, disheartening, disinclining, dismal, dismaying, dispiriting, disquieting, dissuading, dissuasive, down, dreary, expostulatory, fear- inspiring, fearful, fearsome, forbidding, forestalling, frightening, frightful, hindering, intimidating, monitory, oppressive, overawing, preclusive, preventative, preventive, prohibitive, prophylactic, scaring, scary, startling
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