Disheartening
Disheartening adjective - Destructive of morale and self-reliance.
Unencouraging and disheartening are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unencouraging" instead an adjective "Disheartening".
Nearby Words: dishearten, disheartened
Unencouraging
Unencouraging adjective - Not encouraging.
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Disheartening and unencouraging are semantically related. You can use "Disheartening" instead an adjective "Unencouraging".
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