discouraging

Word family  noun encouragement ≠ discouragement adjective encouraged ≠ discouraged encouraging ≠ discouraging verb encourage ≠ discourage adverb encouragingly ≠ discouragingly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dis·cour·a·ging /dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ $ -ˈkɜːr-/ adjective  DISAPPOINTEDmaking you lose the confidence or determination you need to continue doing something 令人失去信心的，使人气馁的，使人泄气的 OPP encouraging The results were discouraging. 结果让人泄气。 —discouragingly adverb

Examples from the Corpus

discouraging• It also includes discouraging cultural traits that have outlived their usefulness and may be otherwise harmful to society.• My slight personal acquaintance with the subject of all this discouraging impersonal solemnity seemed slightly ridiculous.• My father made a few discouraging remarks about my academic abilities that have stayed with me to this day.• a discouraging report on the economy• Crime is seen as only identifiable by the discouraging response it evokes.• It is deeply discouraging that the government can struggle with the nation's budget for nearly a year and still fail to achieve anything.• It's very discouraging to find out that your own team members have been lying to you.• Despite discouraging viewing figures for their movie "For the Boys", Paramount decided to try to make another similar film.

dis·cour·a·ging adjectiveChineseSyllable  

Corpus determination lose you you the confidence making or to need

discouraging
dis‧cour‧a‧ging /dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ $ -ˈkɜːr-/ adjectivemaking you lose the confidence or determination you need to continue doing something
   OPP  encouraging:
    The results were discouraging.
—discouragingly adverb