Antonyms for discouraging


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-skur-ij, -skuhr-
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈskɜr ɪdʒ, -ˈskʌr-


Definition of discouraging

Origin :
  • mid-15c., discoragen, from Middle French descourager, from Old French descoragier, from des- "away" (see dis-) + corage (see courage). Related: Discouraged; discouragement; discouraging.
  • adj upsetting
Example sentences :
  • Low-lying alligator, evading the eyesight and discouraging hope!
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • Burnside's repulse at Fredericksburg was followed by a discouraging retreat.
  • Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
  • But it is so discouraging a thing to have my monitress so very good!
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Bitter taunts for the past, and discouraging views of the future?
  • Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
  • And yet, when we wrote to our friends who were watching, their answer was most discouraging.
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • "She really did frighten you," said Henry, who was far from discouraging timidity in females.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • She tried all sorts of tempting dishes, but the result was discouraging.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Baron Hbner speaks in discouraging tones of our position at the Cape.
  • Extract from : « The Last Voyage » by Lady (Annie Allnutt) Brassey
  • But then came the discouraging knowledge that he could not play it well enough.
  • Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
  • From Ireland the tidings had long been of the most discouraging kind.
  • Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for discouraging

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