1 synonym for Discouraging

discouraging, preventing, dissuading, hindering, obstruct, thwarting, impeding, averting, restraining, inhibiting, repelling, warding off, fending off, stopping, blocking, precluding, forestalling, countering, opposing, frustrating, nullifying, neutralizing, staving off, checking, curbing, suppressing, repressing, holding back, keeping at bay, putting off, turning away, diverting, deflecting, disheartening, intimidating, scaring off, frightening away, alarming, warning off, cautioning, unsettling, unnerving, perturbing [x]