Antonyms of adj promotive

1 sense of promotive

Sense 1
promotive -- (tending to further or encourage)

INDIRECT (VIA encouraging) -> discouraging -- (depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; "where never is heard a discouraging word")

Similarity of adj promotive

1 sense of promotive

Sense 1
promotive -- (tending to further or encourage)
       => encouraging (vs. discouraging) -- (giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research")