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discouraging synonyms
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- atramentous
- brunet
- charcoal
- clouded
- coal
- dingy
- dusky
- ebon
- ebony
- inklike
- jet
- livid
- melanoid
- austere
- bare
- blank
- blighted
- bombed
- bulldozed
- burned
- chilly
- cleared
- cold
- deforested
- desert
- deserted
- appall
- baffle
- browbeat
- bully
- consternate
- cow
- deter
- discourage
- dishearten
- dismay
- dispirit
- foil
- horrify
- black
- bleak
- daunting
- dejecting
- disheartening
- dismal
- dispiriting
- distressing
- dreary
- funereal
- gloomy
- heartbreaking
- hopeless
- atrocious
- bleak
- depressing
- dismal
- dispiriting
- distressing
- doleful
- dreary
- foreboding
- funereal
- gloomy
- horrible
- lugubrious
- deterrent
- discouraging
- hampering
- impeding
- adverse
- contrary
- damaging
- debit-side
- deleterious
- depreciative
- depreciatory
- derogatory
- detracting
- disparaging
- downside
- dyslogistic
- harmful
- bitter
- depressing
- disagreeable
- disconcerting
- discouraging
- disheartening
- displeasing
- distasteful
- failing
- falling short
- frustrating
- inadequate
- ineffective
- cast down
- chill
- crush
- damp
- dampen
- dash
- daunt
- deject
- demoralize
- deter
- discourage
- disincline
- dismay
- afflictive
- black
- boring
- cheerless
- cloudy
- dark
- depressed
- depressing
- desolate
- despondent
- dim
- dingy
- disagreeable
- abash
- affright
- agitate
- alarm
- appall
- bewilder
- bother
- chill
- confound
- daunt
- discomfit
- discompose
- disconcert
- cheerless
- crushing
- demoralizing
- discouraging
- disheartening
- dismal
- gloomy
- joyless
- melancholy
- sad
- saddening
- advise against
- caution against
- chicken out
- counsel
- cry out against
- deprecate
- derail
- deter
- disadvise
- discourage
- disincline
- divert
- exhort
- black
- blah
- bleak
- boring
- cheerless
- colorless
- comfortless
- damp
- depressing
- depressive
- dingy
- dismal
- dispiriting
- bleak
- caliginous
- cheerless
- clouded
- cloudy
- crepuscular
- desolate
- dim
- dismal
- dreary
- dull
- dusky
- forlorn
- arrest
- balk
- bar
- block
- bottleneck
- box in
- burden
- check
- choke
- clog
- contravene
- counteract
- crab
- contrary
- disadvantageous
- disturbing
- ill-chosen
- ill-timed
- inappropriate
- inauspicious
- inconvenient
- malapropos
- mistimed
- troublesome
- unfavorable
- unfortunate
- black
- bleak
- dampening
- daunting
- depressing
- depressive
- deterring
- disadvantageous
- disappointing
- disheartening
- dismal
- dismaying
- dispiriting
- backbreaking
- bleak
- brutal
- burdensome
- confining
- cruel
- demanding
- depressing
- depressive
- despotic
- dictatorial
- discouraging
- disheartening
- adverse
- antagonistic
- calamitous
- contrary
- damaging
- destructive
- disadvantageous
- discommodious
- hostile
- ill
- ill-advised
- improper
- inadvisable
- adverse
- antagonistic
- contrary
- ill
- inauspicious
- ominous
- threatening
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