discouraging

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of discourage

adj

1. That causes discouragement.

   “Near-synonyms: disheartening; see also Thesaurus:disheartening”

   “Oh, give me a home where the Buffalo roam / Where the Deer and the Antelope play; / Where never is heard a discouraging word, / And the sky is not clouded all day”

noun

1. discouragement

   “August 6, 1841, Lydia Ann Barclay, letter to J. B. But, alas! I fear the health of the better part is dwindling instead of increasing, through letting in the enemy's discouragings, and a want of feeling after the daily sap of life, whereby strength would be received to overcome all obstacles […]”