Hyphenation of discouraging

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word discouraging? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

dis-cour-ag-ing

Definitions of discouraging:

1.
Depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action
Where never is heard a discouraging word
2.
Expressing disapproval

Synonyms of discouraging:

adj discouraging, daunting, intimidating, demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting, frustrating, unencouraging, dissuasive, hopeless, unhelpful
adj dissuasive

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