Discouraging
Discouraging adjective - Depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action.
Formidable and discouraging are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Formidable" instead an adjective "Discouraging".
Formidable
Formidable adjective - Causing fear.
Usage example: a formidable, irascible old man who frightened the neighborhood children
Discouraging and formidable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discouraging" instead an adjective "Formidable".
Nearby Word: formidably
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- disturbing and discouraging
- disturbing and formidable
- horrible and discouraging
- horrible and formidable
- grim and discouraging
- grim and formidable
- oppressive and discouraging
- oppressive and formidable
- ominous and discouraging
- ominous and formidable
- alarming and discouraging
- alarming and formidable
- disquieting and discouraging
- disquieting and formidable
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