Discouraging
Discouraging adjective - Depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action.
Ill-boding and discouraging are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ill-boding" instead an adjective "Discouraging".
Ill-boding
Ill-boding adjective - Being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come.
Usage example: in an ill-boding turn of events, the government began rounding up political dissidents
Discouraging and ill-boding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discouraging" instead an adjective phrase "Ill-boding".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- dismal and discouraging
- dismal and ill-boding
- unfortunate and discouraging
- unfortunate and ill-boding
- inopportune and discouraging
- inopportune and ill-boding
- inauspicious and discouraging
- inauspicious and ill-boding
- bad and discouraging
- bad and ill-boding
- black and discouraging
- black and ill-boding
- dark and discouraging
- dark and ill-boding
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