Discouraging
Discouraging adjective - Depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action.
Suppressive and discouraging are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suppressive" instead an adjective "Discouraging".
Suppressive
Suppressive adjective - Tending to suppress.
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Discouraging and suppressive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discouraging" instead an adjective "Suppressive".
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Suppressive and Discouraging. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/discouraging/suppressive
Discouraging & Suppressive. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/discouraging/suppressive>.
Suppressive or Discouraging. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/discouraging/suppressive.
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