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| Main Entry: |
discouraging
[dih-skur-ij, -skuhr-]
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upsetting |
| Synonyms: | black, bleak, dampening, daunting, depressing, depressive, deterring, disadvantageous, disappointing, disheartening, dismal, dismaying, dispiriting, dissuading, dreary, gloomy, hindering, inopportune, off-putting, oppressive, repressing, unfavorable, unpropitious |
| Antonyms: | auspicious, encouraging, favorable, heartening, inspiring, inspiriting |
| Main Entry: | repulsive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very disgusting, offensive |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, animal*, creepy*, disagreeable, distasteful, forbidding, foul, gross, hateful, hideous, horrid, loathsome, nasty, nauseating, noisome, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, off-putting, pugnacious, repellent, revolting, sickening, sleazy*, ugly, undesirable, unpleasant, unsightly, vile |
| Antonyms: | attractive, enchanting, inviting, pleasing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unhospitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forbidding |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, disagreeable, dour, foreboding, frightening, glowering, grim, hostile, inhospitable, menacing, odious, off-putting, offensive, repellent, repulsive, sinister, threatening, tough*, ugly*, unapproachable, unfriendly, uninviting, unpleasant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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