Encouraging

Quick meaning: Encouraging is an adjective meaning Giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious.

Meaning

Giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious.

More Meanings

1. Supporting by giving encouragement: positively.
2. present participle and gerund of encourage
3. encouragement

Example Sentences

Your encouraging words inspired me to persevere.

There are some encouraging signs of economic recovery.

Although there is no cure for the disease yet, the research results are encouraging.

[…] the thousand little ties of sympathy and mutual hopes and fears, comfortings and encouragings.

Word Forms

• encouragings

Synonyms for encouraging

Depending on context, synonyms include promising, auspicious, propitious, prosperous, favorable, favourable.

Antonyms for encouraging

Common opposites include discouraging.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include heartening, inspiriting, lucky, propitious, favourable, auspicious.

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