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▪ I. diˈscouraging, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb discourage; discouragement. (Now chiefly gerundial.)
1545Primer Hen. VIII, in 3 Primers (1848) 519 In all trouble and adversity to be quiet..without discouraging and desperation. 1578T. N. tr. Conq. W. India 318 The overthrow [was] a great discouraging of the enemie. 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1638) 35 To the great discouraging of all other Christian Princes.
▪ II. diˈscouraging, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That discourages or causes discouragement; disheartening.
1678Bunyan Pilgr. i. 77 Over that Valley hangs the discouraging Clouds of confusion. 1715De Foe Fam. Instruct. i. iii, With many discouraging thoughts for the event. 1849Grote Greece ii. lviii. (1862) V. 158 The answer returned was discouraging. 1876T. Hardy Ethelberta (1890) 185 Despite her discouraging words, he still went on.
Hence diˈscouragingly adv., in a discouraging manner; † diˈscouragingness.
1690J. Mackenzie Siege London-Derry 21/2 Collonel Lundy..spoke so discouragingly to many of them concerning the indefensibleness of the place. 1727Bailey vol. II, Discouragingness, discouragement. 1882A. Thomas Allerton Towers II. viii. 151 Treating her confidences coldly, not to say, discouragingly. |