Discouraging
Discouraging adjective - Depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action.
Heartbreaking and discouraging are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Heartbreaking" instead an adjective "Discouraging".
Heartbreaking
Heartbreaking adjective - Causing unhappiness.
Usage example: a heartbreaking story of a family torn asunder by war
Discouraging and heartbreaking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discouraging" instead an adjective "Heartbreaking".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- disturbing and discouraging
- disturbing and heartbreaking
- melancholy and discouraging
- melancholy and heartbreaking
- dismal and discouraging
- dismal and heartbreaking
- unfortunate and discouraging
- unfortunate and heartbreaking
- sad and discouraging
- sad and heartbreaking
- miserable and discouraging
- miserable and heartbreaking
- sorry and discouraging
- sorry and heartbreaking
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