Discouraging and Lightless

Discouraging

Discouraging adjective - Depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action.

Lightless and discouraging are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lightless" instead an adjective "Discouraging".

Lightless

Lightless adjective - Being without light or without much light.

Discouraging and lightless are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discouraging" instead an adjective "Lightless".
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