- present participle of discourage.
discouraging
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Offensive line coach Butch Barry must quickly figure out his unit’s direction, as Week 1 of the regular season is less than a month away and Biadasz’s health status appears discouraging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
That could undermine the vaccine’s financial viability, a de facto way of discouraging Moderna from continuing to market it.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Egypt's leaders have struck a cautious note since, warning against any "escalation" in the conflict and discouraging "speculation" while keeping a tight grip on the media narrative.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
“Those are some of the things that lets some of the air out of the balloon by discouraging borrowing and crimping consumption and investment.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
He views Leah’s bow and arrows as a positive development in our household after so many other discouraging ones, such as the death, for all practical purposes, of Ruth May.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
