Words similar to discouraging

Example sentences for: discouraging

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The news is particularly discouraging given the Clinton administration's overtures to Iran's President Mohammed Khatemi, who is seen as a "genuine reformer with enormous popular support."
Scrambled eggs are not an easy dish to cook in such a way that hungry men turn away in discouragement, yet the scrambled eggs Eleanor Roosevelt always made in a chafing dish for Sunday night supper were undeniably discouraging.
It was a creepy, discouraging display.
A theory: One member of the lesbian pair poses as a male, thereby discouraging smaller males who are unwilling to fight for a mate.
My speech, of course, is very hesitant and often discouraging.