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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Discourage \Dis*cour"age\ (?; 48), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Discouraged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Discouraging}.] [Pref. dis- + courage: cf. OF. descoragier, F. d['e]courager: pref. des- (L. dis-) + corage, F. courage. See {Courage}.]
1. To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was discouraged in his undertaking; he need not be discouraged from a like attempt.
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. --Col. iii. 21.
2. To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts.
Syn: To dishearten; dispirit; depress; deject; dissuade; disfavor.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Discouraging \Dis*cour"a*ging\, adjective Causing or indicating discouragement. -- {Dis*cour"a*ging*ly}, adverb
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
discouraging
adjective
1: depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; "where never is heard a discouraging word" [ant: {encouraging}]
2: expressing disapproval
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "discouraging": admonitory, alarming, awing, black, bleak, cautionary, chilling, daunting, depressant, depressing, depressive, deterrent, deterring, disconcerting, disheartening, disinclining, dismal, dismaying, dispiriting, disquieting, dissuading, dissuasive, down, dreary, expostulatory, fear-inspiring, fearful, fearsome, forbidding, forestalling, frightening, frightful, hindering, intimidating, monitory, oppressive, overawing, preclusive, preventative, preventive, prohibitive, prophylactic, scaring, scary, startling
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