discouraging
dis ku ruh jing
- v try to prevent; show opposition to
- v deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
- v admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
- a depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action
where never is heard a discouraging word - s expressing disapproval
- Some have begun discouraging problem commenters by simply removing the vowels from their posts, a process known as disemvoweling.
- The prospects for a turnaround anytime soon are not good, as companies engaged in recruitment report discouraging numbers as well.
- In fairness to Galton, he came to see the encouragement of "good" marriages as a better way to his eugenic heaven than discouraging or preventing "bad" ones.