Discouraging
Discouraging adjective - Depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action.
Hapless and discouraging are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hapless" instead an adjective "Discouraging".
Hapless
Hapless adjective - Having, prone to, or marked by bad luck.
Discouraging and hapless are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discouraging" instead an adjective "Hapless".
Nearby Word: haplessly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- disturbing and discouraging
- disturbing and hapless
- unfortunate and discouraging
- unfortunate and hapless
- inauspicious and discouraging
- inauspicious and hapless
- sad and discouraging
- sad and hapless
- miserable and discouraging
- miserable and hapless
- bad and discouraging
- bad and hapless
- wretched and discouraging
- wretched and hapless
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