The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BLEAK which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2011.
Discouraging crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| BLEAK | 60 % | 5 |
| INHIBITIVE | 20 % | 10 |
| DETERRING | 20 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Discouraging
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- demoralizing
- demoralising
- dispiriting
- disheartening
- daunting
- intimidating
- frustrating
- dissuasive
- unencouraging
- disappointed
- disappointing
- off-putting
Crossword Answer definitions
BLEAK adjective- Without color; pale; pallid.
- Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
- Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
- A small European river fish (Alburnus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidae.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result BLEAK
- Hopeless
- __ House (Dickens)
- Far from comforting
- Discouraging
- ___ House
- Desolate
- Dickens's "___ House"
- Dreary
- Like the tundra
- Cheerless