encouraging

encouraging, disheartening, deterring, dissuading, depressing, disconcerting, worrisome, demoralizing, counterproductive, frustrating, troubling, penalizing, disturbing, worrying, deflating, preventing, scaring, disappointing, heartening, curtailing, counterintuitive, surprising, hurting, limiting, reassuring, unhelpful, distracting, restricting, distressing, detrimental, prohibiting, unsettling, dispiriting, unnerving, disincentive, dismaying, undermining, motivating, discouragement, upsetting, alarming, disquieting, saddening, distasteful, rewarding, bad, impeding, forbidding, undesirable, galling, precluding, curbing, leery, hinder, ironic, dismal, damaging, confusing, condoning, positive, harmful, unfriendly, scary, infuriating, backfire, bothersome, spurring, frightening, shortsighted, unwelcome, perverse, sobering, harming, maddening, unproductive, unacceptable, problematic, decreasing, uplifting, misguided, aggravating, profiting, enticing, disfavors, hypocritical, stifle, stigmatizing, irresponsible, gloomy, exasperating, injurious, cautioning, restraining, distractive, retrogressive, lessening, shocking, punishing, paradoxical, stunting, buoying, misleading, gratifying, unpleasant, discomforting

daunting, deterrence, discountenance, discouragement, discouragingly, frustrating, intimidating, job's comforter, pour cold water on, sumptuary, throw cold water on, unapproachable

daunting, demoralising, demoralizing, disheartening, dispiriting, dissuasive, frustrating, intimidating, unencouraging