No. 9,523 in French

décourageant

Disheartening; discouraging.

In a sentence

Le projet semblait décourageant au début, mais nous avons réussi à le compléter.
The project seemed discouraging at first, but we managed to complete it.
In this sentence, 'décourageant' is used as an adjective to describe the project, emphasizing the feeling of initial difficulty or overwhelming nature.
C'était une expérience décourageante de voir tant de difficultés sur notre chemin.
It was a discouraging experience to see so many difficulties on our path.
Here, 'décourageant' again acts as an adjective, modifying 'expérience' and highlighting the nature of the circumstance as demoralizing.
Confronté à un obstacle si décourageant, il a décidé de demander de l'aide.
Faced with such a discouraging obstacle, he decided to seek help.
In this instance, 'décourageant' qualifies 'obstacle', depicting the obstacle as daunting or off-putting.

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