Synonyms of discouraging

1 Syllable

black, drear, bleak

2 Syllables

troublous, goner, dismaying, gloomy, dismal, daunting, dreary

3 Syllables

preemptive, heart-rending, repressing, disturbing, perturbing, dampening, hindering, off-putting, unsettling, ungenial, upsetting, deterring, dissuading, hopeless, depressing

4 Syllables

disappointing, oppressive, inauspicious, unpromising, acherontic, unpropitious, depressive, unsatisfying, unfulfilling, ill-omened, disheartening, dispiriting

5 Syllables

demoralizing, disadvantageous, unfavorable, inopportune, irremediable, superincumbent, unsupportive