discouraging

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of discourage

adj

1. that causes discouragement
   Oh, give me a home where the Buffalo roam / Where the Deer and the Antelope play; / Where never is heard a discouraging word, / And the sky is not clouded all day 1876, Brewster Higley (lyrics and music), “A Home on the Range”

noun

1. discouragement
   August 6, 1841, Lydia Ann Barclay, letter to J. B. But, alas! I fear the health of the better part is dwindling instead of increasing, through letting in the enemy's discouragings, and a want of feeling after the daily sap of life, whereby strength would be received to overcome all obstacles […]