Discouraging
Discouraging adjective - Depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action.
Minatory and discouraging are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Minatory" instead an adjective "Discouraging".
Minatory
Minatory adjective - Being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come.
Usage example: the novel's protagonist is haunted by a minatory black specter
Discouraging and minatory are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discouraging" instead an adjective "Minatory".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- dismal and discouraging
- dismal and minatory
- inauspicious and discouraging
- inauspicious and minatory
- black and discouraging
- black and minatory
- dark and discouraging
- dark and minatory
- grim and discouraging
- grim and minatory
- unfriendly and discouraging
- unfriendly and minatory
- hostile and discouraging
- hostile and minatory
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