discouraging

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of discourage

1. That causes discouragement.

   Near-synonyms: disheartening; see also Thesaurus:disheartening

   1 more example

   Oh, give me a home where the Buffalo roam / Where the Deer and the Antelope play; / Where never is heard a discouraging word, / And the sky is not clouded all day

   1876, Brewster Higley, “A Home on the Range”

   Synonyms: disheartening, demotivating, demoralizing, despiriting, disappointing, disheartening, dispiriting

plural discouragings

1. discouragement

   August 6, 1841, Lydia Ann Barclay, letter to J. B. But, alas! I fear the health of the better part is dwindling instead of increasing, through letting in the enemy's discouragings, and a want of feeling after the daily sap of life, whereby strength would be received to overcome all obstacles […]