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encouraging

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of encouraging

1 having qualities which inspire hope
  • encouraging signs that the economy is improving
Synonyms of encouraging

auspicious, bright, fair, golden, heartening, hopeful, likely, optimistic, promising, propitious, rose-colored, roseate, rosy, upbeat
Words Related to encouraging

cheering, comforting, reassuring, soothing

assured, confident, decisive, doubtless, positive, sure, unhesitating

beamish, bullish

favorable, good
Near Antonyms of encouraging

cheerless, comfortless

doubtful, dubious, uncertain

bearish, grim, negative, unfavorable

funereal, glum, gray (also grey), miserable, wretched
Antonyms of encouraging

bleak, dark, depressing, desperate, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, downbeat, dreary, gloomy, hopeless, inauspicious, pessimistic, unencouraging, unlikely, unpromising, unpropitious
2 making one feel good inside
  • the encouraging story of a young girl who overcame great social and physical obstacles to become an outstanding athlete
Synonyms of encouraging

cheering, comforting, fulfilling, gladdening, gratifying, heartening, heartwarming, rewarding, satisfying
Words Related to encouraging

affecting, inspiring, inspiriting, moving, poignant, stirring, touching

edifying, elevating, uplifting

sympathetic, tender

kind, kindly, loving, warm

animating, enlivening, exciting, exhilarating, invigorating, rousing, stimulating, thrilling

pleasing, pleasurable, welcoming
Near Antonyms of encouraging

cheerless, disappointing, disgruntling, displeasing, dissatisfying, heartbreaking, heartrending, saddening

discomforting, disconcerting, dismaying, distressing, disturbing, upsetting

cold, unfeeling, unfriendly, unkind, unloving, unpleasant
Antonyms of encouraging

demoralizing, depressing, discouraging, disheartening, dispiriting
3 pointing toward a happy outcome
  • We're off to an encouraging start on this project.
Synonyms of encouraging

auspicious, bright, favorable, golden, heartening, hopeful, promising, propitious
Words Related to encouraging

fortuitous, fortunate, happy, lucky, providential

advantageous, beneficial, profitable, prosperous, salutary
Near Antonyms of encouraging

unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky

calamitous, catastrophic, disastrous, fatal, ruinous

baleful, dark, dire, direful, doomy, foreboding, gloomy, ill, ill-boding, menacing, minatory, ominous, portentous, sinister, threatening
Antonyms of encouraging

dim, discouraging, disheartening, futureless, hopeless, inauspicious, unfavorable, unpromising, unpropitious

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