Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discouraging

/dɪsˈkɝ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables: dis-cour-ag-ing
IPA: /dɪsˈkɝ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪŋ/

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of discourage

adj

That causes discouragement.

noun

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: disheartening; see also Thesaurus:disheartening"
"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"
"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 […]"

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /dɪsˈkɝ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪŋ/
British English: /dɪsˈkʌɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

discouragings (plural)

Derived Forms

discouragingly undiscouraging

Synonyms

disheartening demotivating demoralizing despiriting disappointing discouraging dispiriting

Questions

How do you pronounce discouraging?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪsˈkɝ.ɪ.d͡ʒɪŋ/.
What does discouraging mean?: present participle and gerund of discourage

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