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What is another word for
deterring
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Adjective
Stopping
Able or intended to deter
Restraining
Tending to dissuade, or divert form a measure or purpose
Not supporting
Noun
The act of something that stops
Verb
Present participle for prevent the occurrence of
Present participle for to discourage or deter someone from doing something
Present participle for to scare or instill fear
Present participle for to discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
Present participle for to fend off or defend against something hostile
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Adjective
▲
Stopping
stopping
discouraging
hampering
impeding
deterrent
Adjective
▲
Able or intended to deter
restrictive
constricting
cramping
definitive
exclusive
hampering
holding back
obstructive
off-putting
preventive
provisional
restraining
restricting
selective
conditional
limiting
qualificatory
deterrent
constraining
warning
Adjective
▲
Restraining
withholding
restraining
confining
curbing
hindering
prohibiting
restrictive
Adjective
▲
Tending to dissuade, or divert form a measure or purpose
dissuasive
discouraging
cautionary
dissuading
off-putting
warning
admonitory
disincentive
hindering
inhibitive
monitory
opposing
remonstrative
disheartening
disappointing
depressing
unpropitious
dispiriting
dampening
daunting
unfavourable
UK
unpromising
gloomy
demoralizing
US
inauspicious
repressing
bleak
oppressive
ominous
black
dismal
inopportune
depressive
dreary
dismaying
unfavorable
US
dejecting
disadvantageous
upsetting
demoralising
UK
not encouraging
not hopeful
inhibiting
deterrent
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not supporting
unsupportive
unhelpful
contrary
disconfirming
invalidating
uncooperative
discouraging
dissuading
opposing
obstructive
unaccommodating
disobliging
awkward
not helpful
bloody-minded
unreasonable
unwilling
difficult
unamenable
unyielding
unbending
recalcitrant
unadaptable
cussed
wilful
inflexible
unresponsive
inconsiderate
stiff-necked
willful
stubborn
bolshie
rock-ribbed
immovable
tiresome
thrawn
obstreperous
disobedient
troublesome
perverse
stroppy
obstinate
sticky
truculent
noncooperative
nonreciprocal
unreciprocating
unreciprocate
noncooperating
not cooperative
uncompromising
balky
refractory
trying
exasperating
erratic
annoying
vexatious
pigheaded
determined
strong-willed
inhibiting
blocking
delaying
stalling
restrictive
not giving an inch
unobliging
hindering
unconstructive
discourteous
unsympathetic
uncivil
froward
making difficulties
contrarious
frustrating
disruptive
unpleasant
unfriendly
disagreeable
uncongenial
rude
unamiable
ill-natured
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of something that stops
stopping
end
finish
ending
halt
discontinuance
suspension
pause
closing
check
halting
ceasing
wait
delay
block
desisting
hesitation
holding
remaining
terminating
discontinuation
stoppage
cessation
stop
termination
arrest
close
shutdown
conclusion
cutoff
interruption
cease
closure
arrestment
surcease
shutoff
expiration
stay
lapse
closedown
offset
breaking off
desistance
standstill
intermission
dissolution
abeyance
break
winding up
interval
break-off
respite
hiatus
rest
finishing
breather
downtime
cutting short
interlude
recess
concluding
immobilization
US
completion
wind-up
windup
layoff
immobilisation
UK
wrap-up
freeze
period
curtailment
let-up
tie-up
time-out
breathing space
time out
grinding halt
screaming halt
separation
disjunction
adjournment
limit
desuetude
alternation
disruption
breakoff
blackout
disbarment
disbandment
folding
cloture
discontinuing
shutting
failure
holdup
breakdown
deadlock
stalemate
impasse
shutting down
closing down
obstruction
logjam
blockage
gridlock
standoff
expiry
lull
letup
cancellation
UK
gap
abortion
cancelation
US
cesser
stagnation
inactivity
stand
breakup
Mexican standoff
interregnum
interim
screeching halt
spell
parenthesis
suspense
hiccup
hiccough
entr'acte
doldrums
paralysis
latency
intermezzo
abeyancy
breathing spell
finale
resolution
denouement
consummation
culmination
capper
endgame
finis
homestretch
mop-up
summing-up
summing up
grand finale
upshot
omega
wane
final scene
outcome
terminus
summation
epilogue
UK
epilog
US
catastrophe
last act
last part
swan song
coup de grace
closing stages
remission
abandonment
time off
end of the line
discontinuity
cut-off
result
execution
fulfilment
UK
achievement
accomplishment
curtain
fulfillment
US
payoff
caesura
moratorium
hold-up
climax
lacuna
wrap
lapse of time
coda
peroration
winding-up
determination
issue
consequence
retirement
realization
US
realisation
UK
perfection
last word
bottom line
sign-off
severance
withdrawal
suppression
leave
holiday
vacation
lessening
slackening
vacay
outro
eventuality
occlusion
dead stop
dead end
blow
stopping point
attainment
target
final thoughts
bitter end
brick wall
roadblock
full stop
stopover
disconnection
breath
disconnectedness
disjointedness
beat
hush
silence
stillness
hitch
pausation
comma
incoherence
disunion
break off
happy hour
rest period
awkward moment
coffee break
end result
final word
cutout
lack of coherence
lack of unity
finalization
US
fruition
dénouement
curtains
death
liquidation
finalisation
UK
last stage
last
final stage
sewing up
final part
final act
polishing off
run-in
end of the road
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for prevent the occurrence of
preventing
stopping
averting
checking
blocking
hindering
curbing
halting
impeding
intercepting
obstructing
restraining
arresting
balking
US
baulking
UK
foiling
forestalling
hampering
keeping
obviating
precluding
shutting out
staving off
staying
counteracting
damping
fending off
frustrating
heading off
inhibiting
thwarting
turning aside
warding off
debarring
helping
letting
pre-empting
prohibiting
putting a stop to
saving
chilling
chillin
cooling
dampening
disadvising
diverting
forfending
holding back
nipping in the bud
scaring
ruling out
turning off
talking out of
putting a damper on
throwing cold water on
acting like a wet blanket
pouring cold water on
barring
retarding
restricting
stymieing
slowing down
hamstringing
holding up
encumbering
fettering
interfering with
delaying
handicapping
slowing
trammelling
trammeling
shackling
circumventing
avoiding
constraining
interdicting
forbidding
crippling
cramping
stalling
hobbling
cutting off
withholding
deflecting
interrupting
stonewalling
repressing
contravening
crimping
limiting
clogging
cumbering
handcuffing
hog-tying
keeping back
tying up
standing in the way of
throwing a spanner in the works
setting back
disrupting
suppressing
putting an end to
excluding
derailing
preempting
opposing
manacling
baffling
embarrassing
short-circuiting
putting a brake on
slowing up
hanging up
shutting off
getting in the way of
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
dissuading from
detaining
bridling
eliminating
anticipating
scotching
braking
excepting
stifling
smothering
neutralizing
US
curtailing
scuppering
muzzling
discomfiting
freezing
parrying
rattling
borking
interfering
second-guessing
fazing
holding
subduing
neutralising
UK
reining in
choking
picking off
warding
making late
getting in before
getting ahead of
putting paid to
holding in
bringing to screeching halt
making impossible
getting in the way
beating someone to the draw
closing off
shutting down
stealing a march on
stemming the flow of
holding down
providing against
making it impossible for
screwing up
lousing up
boxing in
beating someone to it
beating someone to the punch
fouling up
defending against
holding off
forefending
commandeering
sparing
reprieving
freeing
discouraging
bottlenecking
preparing for
heading off at pass
keeping waiting
absolving
postponing
burdening
crabbing
resisting
retardating
disqualifying
causing to wait
causing to stay
exempting
dispensing
deferring
protracting
pausing
shelving
remitting
proroguing
estopping
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
discharging
dissuading
quashing
intermitting
prolonging
confining
discontinuing
quitting
making impracticable
ceasing
making it impracticable for
shunting
turning
shoving aside
looking away
veering
turning from
putting back
holding off on
choking off
holding over
bogging down
taking down
backing off
putting off
outlawing
sandbagging
bitting
reducing
tabooing
enjoining
obscuring
putting on brakes
keeping in
strangulating
forecasting
foreseeing
projecting
preoccupying
predicting
monopolizing
US
expecting
envisioning
preventing the occurrence of
factoring out
taking out of play
putting the brakes on
monopolising
UK
ruining
controlling
scuttling
overturning
invalidating
snookering
squashing
nullifying
repelling
upsetting
confounding
containing
moderating
nobbling
repulsing
checkmating
undoing
dashing
spoiling
outwitting
counterplotting
countering
blanking
crossing
burying
doing for
disappointing
defeating
strangling
muffling
regulating
damming
gagging
pegging
disciplining
taming
keeping under control
discounting
discarding
dismissing
upsetting the applecart
beating down
messing up
getting the better of
taking wind out of sails
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
putting end to
putting the kibosh on
putting the mockers on
putting the stopper on
causing setback
chaining
entangling
disconcerting
binding
entrammelling
measuring
ruling
entrammeling
governing
keeping in check
putting a limit on
cramping one's style
saddling with
giving a hard time
recanting
rejecting
abolishing
disallowing
proscribing
revoking
canceling
US
suspending
cancelling
UK
cooling off
buttoning up
putting the brakes on
fighting back
cutting back
biting back
keeping within bounds
choking back
keeping tight rein on
keeping the lid on
keeping a tight rein on
keeping a lid on
keeping lid on
cooling down
not considering
closing out
closing one's doors to
banning
forgetting about
freezing out
bating
counting out
leaving out
silencing
quelling
bottling up
squelching
pulling in
stemming
diminishing
overcoming
tying
crushing
lessening
swallowing
killing
deadening
extinguishing
damping down
straitening
corking
overpowering
stamping out
vetoing
embargoing
constricting
cracking down on
decreasing
shushing
clamping down on
corking up
criminalizing
US
sabotaging
quenching
dulling
criminalising
UK
tempering
making illegal
putting down
concealing
decelerating
muting
delimiting
destroying
capping
steering clear of
ending
denying
throttling
quieting
tying down
evading
stumping
conquering
quelching
hemming in
snuffing out
impairing
toning down
circumscribing
placing an embargo on
mastering
slapping down
deflating
holding in check
inconveniencing
softening
calming
boycotting
terminating
sinking
depressing
staunching
submerging
disadvantaging
hiding
blackballing
abstaining
jamming
pocketing
stilling
desisting
forgoing
banishing
refusing
refraining
weighing down
beating
eschewing
illegalizing
fighting
circumnavigating
forbearing
cutting short
confronting
bottling
abjuring
skirting
sidestepping
putting the lid on
blocking out
shutting in
jamming up
stopping oneself
passing up
giving up
keeping down
putting half nelson on
breaking off
sapping
mitigating
weakening
blunting
incommoding
shaking
discommoding
reining
settling
slackening
cornering
fixing
leashing
setting limits on
imposing limits on
miring
modulating
challenging
censoring
stunting
interning
lowering
easing
defying
mellowing
blacking
harshing
laying off
forswearing
escaping
licking
barricading
setting
simmering down
stultifying
abating
putting on hold
occluding
stuffing
closing
putting at a disadvantage
negating
placing at a disadvantage
quietening
penalising
UK
penalizing
US
combatting
combating
blocking up
clogging up
blockading
closing up
shunning
putting a lid on
spiking
forsaking
congesting
stopping up
bunging up
annulling
bucking
covering up
passing by
dragging your feet
putting out
declaring ineligible
plugging up
locking up
gaining control over
gaining mastery over
getting under control
giving the run around
cutting down
jacking in
keeping inside
closing down
giving a wide berth to
officially forbidding
declaring illegal
icing out
leaving off
putting up a fight against
striving against
resisting the temptation to
fighting shy of
swearing off
struggling against
devitalizing
sidetracking
managing
retaining
tying someone's hands
overloading
straitjacketing
composing
getting out of
suffocating
allaying
catching
oppressing
bothering
charging
enmeshing
ensnaring
netting
capturing
bypassing
snagging
relieving
petering out
standing off
debilitating
tethering
putting straitjacket on
throwing monkey wrench in
offsetting
bilking
clotting
making difficult
rebuffing
disturbing
affecting
sidelining
tiing one's hands
constipating
re-collecting
tampering
influencing
preventing from making progress
puzzling
benumbing
keeping feeling inside oneself
keeping secret
boxing up
confusing
numbing
demarcating
biting one's lip
conflicting
troubling
putting a crimp in
monitoring
adjusting
subverting
mystifying
crashing
juking
ditching
unsettling
wrecking
taking wind out of
getting bogged down
slackening pace
gumming up
putting on ice
refusing to pay
collecting
narrowing down
keeping within the limits of
nonplussing
staving
bounding
incarcerating
imprisoning
alleviating
dumbing
cauterizing
US
lulling
inspecting
recovering
rallying
soothing
tranquilizing
US
cushioning
bringing to a standstill
taking out
giving disadvantage
clamming
flummoxing
plugging
disempowering
putting out of commission
lagging
bringing to an end
bringing to a stop
screening
icing
hushing
tongue-tying
keeping a rein on
complicating
renouncing
keeping at bay
keeping off
pigeonholing
dead-ending
playing for time
sealing
caulking
gridlocking
putting chill on
putting a lock on
putting a stopper in
passing on
nixing
zinging
banjaxing
gaoling
UK
concussing
depriving
locking in
mothballing
immobilising
UK
shotgunning
jailing
US
necessitating
fencing in
closing in
immobilizing
US
immuring
cooping up
bringing to a halt
loitering
embogging
reefing
qualifying
procrastinating
indisposing
withstanding
cauterising
UK
forbidding to
shutting up
drying up
dummying up
filling up
filling
specifying
demarking
prescribing
keeping in line
destabilizing
US
tackling
placing injunction on
placing an injunction on
wronging
hanging fire
delimitating
defining
girdling
dashing one's hope
rendering null and void
packing
stanching
choking up
tranquillising
UK
attenuating
demoralizing
US
warring
oppugning
losing steam
anchoring it
losing speed
letting down flaps
winding down
hitting the brakes
monkeying with
buttressing
resolving
ostracizing
US
blocking off
bunging
kicking
finishing
doing without
dispensing with
dropping
placing a limit on
treating harshly
emasculating
putting on back burner
throwing a monkey wrench into
ostracising
UK
overriding
exiling
absorbing
lightening
marking off
keeping within limits
drawing the line on
undermining
botching
destabilising
UK
demoralising
UK
telling against
inflicting a handicap on
doing a disservice to
putting in an unfavourable position
treating unfairly
treating unfavourably
giving a disadvantage to
leaving alone
stoppering
bogging
bringing to an end to
coping with
battling against
making a stand against
not touching
taking the pledge
taking the cure
avoiding doing something
not doing
sitting out
going on the wagon
having nothing to do with
passing
dragging through the mud
quietening down
internalizing
US
queering the pitch of
clipping one's wings
internalising
UK
poking full of holes
taking the edge off
soaking up
making less active
getting rid of
shutting out of
letting up
foregoing
keeping under wraps
blacking out
declining
cutting
belaying
omitting
annihilating
shortening
sacrificing
restraining yourself
abstaining from
going easy
withholding from
declining to
refraining from
giving over
keeping from
trimming
truncating
abridging
vanquishing
abbreviating
overwhelming
censuring
shrinking
contracting
condemning
docking
clipping
overthrowing
cowing
slashing
clamping
trampling
dominating
downsizing
cropping
lopping
contesting
protesting
disputing
chopping
eliding
syncopating
battling
relucting
retrenching
countervailing
minifying
trampling on
triumphing over
tightening up
slimming down
paring down
boiling down
rolling back
reining back
putting a restriction on
putting lid on
sitting on
putting kibosh on
driving underground
bringing to naught
refusing to accept
dissenting with
contending with
taking issue with
speaking out against
baulking at
taking on
objecting to
fighting against
facing down
rebelling against
kicking against
taking up arms against
locking horns with
setting your face against
standing up to
taking a stand against
going against
steering clear
more ❯
“Police officers will also make regular checks to
deter
the sale and use of drugs in discos and pubs.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to discourage or deter someone from doing something
discouraging
dissuading
inhibiting
hindering
putting off
scaring off
talking out of
cautioning against
warning against
disinclining
preventing
advisingagainst
disadvising
warning off
dehorting
stopping
persuading not to
urging not to
urging against
persuading against
turning aside
arguing out of
advising not to
detaching
disfavouring
discountenancing
disfavoring
keeping from
removing
halting
frightening off
swaying
weaning
changing somebody's mind
turning against
diverting
sidetracking
deprecating
counselling
UK
counseling
US
derailing
remonstrating against
throwing off
turning off
crying out against
leaning on
expostulating against
more ❯
“Some, however, doubt that a minimum five-year jail term will
deter
hardened criminals.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to scare or instill fear
frightening
scaring
alarming
terrifying
intimidating
terrorising
UK
terrorizing
US
horrifying
unnerving
daunting
shocking
disturbing
cowing
startling
agitating
disconcerting
perturbing
panicking
dismaying
upsetting
spooking
affrighting
disquieting
petrifying
flustering
worrying
awing
aweing
rattling
ruffling
alaruming
shaking
fazing
frighting
scarifying
appalling
discomforting
discouraging
unhinging
chilling
chillin
disheartening
repelling
unmanning
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
stiffing
striking terror into
scaring to death
filling with fear
scaring witless
scaring stiff
putting the wind up
scaring the pants off
scaring the bejesus out of
giving someone goose pimples
chilling to the bone
scaring away
chilling to the marrow
giving someone the heebie-jeebies
scaring someone out of their wits
scaring the living daylights out of
putting the fear of God into
freezing your blood
curdling the blood
getting the wind up
scaring off
throwing into a blue funk
making one's hair stand on end
making teeth chatter
throwing into a fright
giving one the creeps
making one's flesh creep
making one's blood run cold
scaring someone half to death
making someone jump out of their skin
putting off
abashing
browbeating
discomfiting
unsettling
confounding
dispiriting
throwing
taking aback
shaking up
bullying
subduing
confusing
overawing
nonplussing
perplexing
overwhelming
psyching out
discomposing
bothering
consternating
baffling
mystifying
demotivating
throwing off balance
driving away
frightening away
chasing off
warning off
bulldozing
astounding
buffaloing
impressing
surprising
scaring the daylights out of
blinding someone with something
taking your breath away
flabbergasting
embarrassing
staggering
springing
discountenancing
mortifying
bewildering
giving someone a jolt
giving someone a fright
making jump
giving a shock
springing on
giving a turn
annoying
making anxious
troubling
making uneasy
puzzling
vexing
dissuading
dumbfounding
destabilizing
US
unbalancing
jolting
muddling
flummoxing
irritating
destabilising
UK
blinding
pulling the rug from under
pulling the rug out from under
dejecting
distressing
discombobulating
frustrating
sapping
thwarting
causing someone to lose their composure
pouring cold water on
throwing cold water on
putting into a flap
throwing into a tizz
putting someone off their stroke
distracting
flurrying
ailing
concerning
flooring
getting to
bemusing
fussing
bugging
frazzling
undoing
stumping
irking
graveling
gravelling
distempering
addling
stupefying
stunning
exercising
hagriding
derailing
foxing
befuddling
harassing
beating
fuddling
hassling
bamboozling
freaking out
weirding out
mazing
fretting
afflicting
wildering
making someone scratch their head
getting
posing
tormenting
plaguing
disorienting
fogging
befogging
causing to be at a stand
chagrining
astonishing
saddening
amazing
pestering
depressing
needling
oppressing
aggrieving
dazing
muddying
throwing off
agonizing
US
stirring up
grieving
obfuscating
setting someone thinking
trying
agonising
UK
catching off balance
offending
burning up
knocking for six
angering
knocking sideways
mixing up
miffing
displeasing
giving a hard time
burdening
peeving
harrying
hurting
straining
provoking
making uncomfortable
exasperating
bowling over
gnawing at
weighing down
torturing
galling
blowing your mind
exciting
paining
stressing
besetting
nettling
wounding
sickening
pothering
putting out of countenance
making nervous
working up
putting someone off their stride
setting someone back on their heels
making waves
riling
ticking off
outraging
picking on
going to your head
disgusting
aggravating
disgruntling
beleaguering
discommoding
rocking
bedevilling
UK
bedeviling
US
dumfounding
chafing
thunderstriking
badgering
surprizing
putting out
crazing
shaming
disorientating
humiliating
desolating
niggling
harrowing
bringing up short
stymieing
rattling one's cage
causing anxiety to
taking by surprise
giving someone grief
lying heavy on
making unhappy
eating at
blowing away
striking dumb
hurting somebody's feelings
leaving open-mouthed
getting at
stinging
hurrying
affronting
piquing
disarranging
bustling
hectoring
racking
anguishing
narking
dashing
persecuting
disappointing
haunting
crushing
disrupting
balking
US
making self-conscious
nauseating
baulking
UK
teasing
eluding
letting down
interrupting
fouling up
tearing
affecting
throwing into a tizzy
flipping
hounding
making punchy
intoxicating
inebriating
nagging
tantalising
UK
tantalizing
US
screwing up
stopping someone in their tracks
making a scene
dogging
egging on
throwing into tizzy
dampening
pushing buttons
hacking off
giving a bad time
indisposing
turning on
winding up
turning off
nagging at
getting across
weighing heavily on
weighing on
abasing
balling up
debilitating
boggling the mind of
leaving aghast
making your head spin
flipping out
causing concern to
causing suffering to
bumming out
casting down
messing with one's head
cutting to the quick
causing discomfort to
knocking the stuffing out of
driving up the wall
wringing
heating
sticking it to
fluttering
putting on edge
hustling
worsting
quickening
dementing
confusticating
disordering
revolting
confuscating
snowing
dizzying
inconveniencing
defeating
delighting
knocking for a loop
causing anxiety
fearing
stewing
sweating
catching unawares
uncalming
making fretful
throwing for loop
demeaning
dazzling
sending into a spin
numbing
thickening
complicating
involving
tangling
besotting
grinding
jumbling
entangling
encumbering
inflaming
devastating
taking the wind out of your sails
turning
incapacitating
cramping
mucking
raveling
US
ravelling
UK
stumbling
keying up
rocking the boat
laying up
getting on your wick
firing up
getting someone
cursing
taxing
rousing
hacking you off
preying on your mind
scandalizing
US
inciting
making awkward
making ashamed
owning
showing up
disobliging
repulsing
excruciating
jarring
slighting
possessing
moving
injuring
arousing
stimulating
knocking senseless
hitting like a ton of bricks
fermenting
despairing
besieging
pushing
strapping
martyring
pricking
breaking
nit-picking
hindering
mixing you up
knocking out
boggling the mind
mourning
causing suffering
causing anguish
bleeding
causing sorrow
causing offense
lambasting
making miserable
doing a number on
arousing anxiety in
causing anguish to
making wretched
making it tough for
cutting up
hanging up
snarling up
muddying the waters
scandalising
UK
niggling at
testing
importuning
catching one short
pushing the buttons of
thumbing nose at
giving offence to
grossing out
bringing down
cutting
goading
dunning
knocking the wind out of
harshing one's mellow
making a monkey of
putting on the spot
putting in a spot
putting in a hole
bugging up
making flip
conquering
grating
rasping
wearying
draining
blackjacking
sweating out
upsetting the applecart
spiting
eating
dragooning
taunting
frosting
griping
bullyragging
making someone fed up
casting a gloom upon
dragging
damping
beating down
harshing someone's mellow
running down
getting down
making gloomy
enervating
darkening
giving someone the blues
hanging over
making sad
reducing to tears
making desolate
making despondent
bringing tears to your eyes
dampening spirits
bearing down
breaking someone's heart
dashing hopes
dulling
keeping under
itching
baiting
jeering
bogarting
railroading
barracking
booing
abrading
tyrannizing
US
bludgeoning
shouting down
stirring
wearing
hissing
hazing
riding
gibing
ridiculing
chivying
dissing
tyrannising
UK
strong-arming
mau-mauing
leaning on
jibing at
shouting at
heckling
turning on the heat
pushing around
shouting catcalls at
butting in
making game of
disillusioning
disenchanting
paralysing
UK
paralyzing
US
filling with consternation
messing up
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Present participle for to discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage
disheartening
discouraging
daunting
dismaying
dispiriting
crushing
depressing
dejecting
casting down
dashing
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
sapping
throwing
desolating
unmanning
unnerving
chilling
chillin
cowing
disappointing
enervating
frustrating
saddening
shaking
subduing
undermining
weakening
damping
dampening
disinclining
disparaging
humbling
humiliating
indisposing
making crestfallen
making dejected
making dispirited
making downhearted
weighing down
bringing down
getting down
knocking sideways
putting down
weighing heavily on
giving someone the blues
knocking for six
making someone fed up
putting a damper on
throwing cold water on
knocking the stuffing out of
pouring cold water on
clouding
bringing low
casting a shadow
castrating
gelding
petrifying
devitalizing
lobotomizing
desiccating
dehydrating
deadening
blanketing
stamping out
upsetting
disconcerting
oppressing
disturbing
debilitating
mortifying
distressing
deflating
grieving
harrowing
haunting
burdening
making sad
making unhappy
making gloomy
making despondent
bumming out
bringing tears to your eyes
causing suffering to
hanging over
breaking someone's heart
dashing hopes
enfeebling
rattling
disempowering
disorganizing
unzipping
jumbling
disarranging
unglueing
ungluing
muddling
abashing
discountenancing
unsettling
disordering
nonplussing
embarrassing
snarling
crippling
sending up
taking apart
getting to
blowing out
blowing up
psyching out
taking steam out
chastening
squashing
chagrining
flattening
troubling
snubbing
belittling
debunking
quashing
destroying
trying
afflicting
perturbing
draining
wearying
tormenting
ailing
aggrieving
shooting down
puncturing balloon
taking down a peg or two
letting down easy
taking down
knocking down
cutting down to size
taking the wind out of your sails
letting wind out of sails
bugging
bothering
darkening
beating
dragging
dulling
abasing
fazing
reducing to tears
running down
casting a gloom upon
turning off
beating down
making desolate
keeping under
harshing someone's mellow
bearing down
dampening spirits
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Present participle for to fend off or defend against something hostile
repulsing
repelling
rebutting
resisting
checking
foiling
frustrating
nixing
fending off
staving off
warding off
holding off
fighting off
beating off
keeping at bay
turning away
driving back
keeping off
beating back
driving away
turning back
defending against
forcing back
holding back
sending packing
putting to flight
thrusting back
seeing off
brushing off
fighting back
forcing away
setting back
deflecting
discouraging
parrying
averting
avoiding
keeping at a distance
keeping at arm's length
turning aside
keeping away
holding at bay
blocking
rebuffing
fencing
preventing
protecting against
guarding
screening
stopping
defending
bulwarking
keeping
warding
forfending
fending
guarding against
protecting
shielding
safeguarding
securing
covering
countering
opposing
shielding against
defending oneself against
chasing away
safeguarding against
drawing away
sending away
intercepting
obstructing
stalling
putting up a fight
retaliating
defending yourself
sheltering
driving off
forcing off
knocking down
standing off
preserving
saving
harboring
US
conserving
harbouring
UK
standing up for
heading off
upholding
giving sanctuary
watching over
hedging
keeping from harm
housing
garrisoning
caring for
barricading
fortifying
withstanding
taking in
repelling danger
watching
holding
insuring
looking after
providing sanctuary
keeping safe
forestalling
precluding
shielding yourself from
eluding
shirking
bypassing
rebuking
anticipating
shunning
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Verb
▲
Denying access
denying access
guarding
blocking
obstructing
defending
impeding
blockading
shutting in
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