discouragingly

dis·cour·age  (d-skûrj, -skr-)

tr.v. dis·cour·aged, dis·cour·ag·ing, dis·cour·ag·es

1. To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit.

2. To hamper by discouraging; deter.

3. To try to prevent by expressing disapproval or raising objections.

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[Middle English discoragen, from Old French descoragier : des-, dis- + corage, courage; see courage.]

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dis·courage·a·ble adj.

dis·courag·er n.

dis·courag·ing·ly adv.

Synonyms: discourage, dishearten, dispirit
These verbs mean to make less hopeful or enthusiastic: researchers who were discouraged by the problem's magnitude; apathy that disheartened the instructor; a failure that dispirited the team. See Also Synonyms at dissuade.

Antonym: encourage

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

discouragingly - in a discouraging manner; "the failure rate on the bar exam is discouragingly high" encouragingly - in an encouraging manner; "`Go on,' he said encouragingly to his student"

Translations

discouragingly

adv → entmutigend