Disheartening
Disheartening adjective - Destructive of morale and self-reliance.
Ill-boding and disheartening are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ill-boding" instead an adjective "Disheartening".
Nearby Words: dishearten, disheartened
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
Disheartening and ill-boding are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Disheartening" instead an adjective phrase "Ill-boding".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- dismal and disheartening
- dismal and ill-boding
- woeful and disheartening
- woeful and ill-boding
- unfortunate and disheartening
- unfortunate and ill-boding
- inauspicious and disheartening
- inauspicious and ill-boding
- bad and disheartening
- bad and ill-boding
- black and disheartening
- black and ill-boding
- dark and disheartening
- dark and ill-boding
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