encouraging
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adjective \-i-jiŋ, -ri-jiŋ\Definition of ENCOURAGING
: giving hope or promise <encouraging news>
— en·cour·ag·ing·ly \-jiŋ-lē\ adverb
See Examples of ENCOURAGING
- We've just heard some encouraging news.
- <encouraging signs that the economy is improving>
First Known Use of ENCOURAGING
1593
Related to ENCOURAGING
- Synonyms
- auspicious, bright, hopeful, fair, golden, heartening, likely, optimistic, promising, propitious, roseate, rose-colored, rosy, upbeat
- Antonyms
- bleak, dark, depressing, desperate, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, downbeat, dreary, gloomy, hopeless, inauspicious, pessimistic, unencouraging, unlikely, unpromising, unpropitious
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