Discouraging
Discouraging adjective - Depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action.
Vicious and discouraging are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vicious" instead an adjective "Discouraging".
Vicious
Vicious adjective - Extreme in degree, power, or effect.
Discouraging and vicious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discouraging" instead an adjective "Vicious".
Nearby Word: viciously
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Vicious and Discouraging. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/discouraging/vicious
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