Definitions For Discouraging
adjective
- Depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action
adjective
- Expressing disapproval in order to dissuade
verb
- To make (someone) less determined, hopeful, or confident
- To make (something) less likely to happen
- To try to make people not want to do (something)
Is Discouraging a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
22
The word Discouraging is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Discouraging in a Sentence
- Try not to let losing discourage you.
- The area's dry climate discourages agriculture.
- He claims the new regulations will discourage investment.
Antonyms for Discouraging
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