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Exact Match:

discouraging: depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; "where never is heard a discouraging word"; expressing disapproval

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disappointing collapse: not up to expectations; "a disappointing performance from one who had seemed so promising"

intimidating collapse

alarming collapse: causing alarm or fear

preclusive collapse: made impossible

fear inspiring collapse

disheartening collapse

disconcerting collapse: causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience"

frightening collapse

depressing collapse: causing or suggestive of sorrow or gloom; "a gloomy outlook"; "gloomy news"

fearsome collapse

frightful collapse: extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact; "in a frightful hurry"; "spent a frightful amount of money"

startling collapse: so remarkably different or sudden as to cause momentary shock or alarm; "Sydney's startling new Opera House"; "startling news"; "startling earthquake shocks"

scary collapse

monitory collapse

prohibitive collapse: tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive"

dismaying collapse

deterrent collapse: tending to deter; "the deterrent effects of high prices"

forestalling collapse

disquieting collapse: causing mental discomfort; "the disquieting sounds of nearby gunfire"

chilling collapse: so scary as to cause chills and shudders; "the most terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"

forbidding collapse

oppressive collapse: marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights"; weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"

prophylactic collapse

untoward collapse

gloomy collapse: characterized by hopelessness; filled with gloom; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"

preventive collapse: remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"; preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"; tending to prevent or hinder

fearful collapse: experiencing or showing fear; "a fearful glance"; "fearful of criticism"; timid by nature or revealing timidity; "timorous little mouse"; "in a timorous tone"; "cast fearful glances at the large dog"; extremely distressing; "fearful slum conditions"; "a frightful mistake"

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