encouraging
Syllables: en·cour·agingUK/ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ//ɪnˈkɝɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
encouraging adjective: giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious. Also the present participle and gerund of encourage.
Adjective
encouraging (comparative more encouraging, superlative most encouraging)
- Giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious.
- Although there is no cure for the disease yet, the research results are encouraging.
- There are some encouraging signs of economic recovery.
- Synonyms:
- promising
- Supporting by giving encouragement: positively.
- Your encouraging words inspired me to persevere.
Noun
encouraging (plural encouragings)
- encouragement
- […] the thousand little ties of sympathy and mutual hopes and fears, comfortings and encouragings.1853, The Living Age, volume 37, page 58
Also used as
encouraging is also the present participle and gerund of encourage.
encouraging meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Telugu and Kannada
encouraging in Marathi
- उत्साहवर्धक, प्रोत्साहन देणारे, प्रोत्साहनदायी
encouraging in Urdu
- حوصلہ افزا
encouraging in Telugu
- ప్రోత్సాహకరం
encouraging in Kannada
- ಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹದಾಯಕ
More languagesFewer languages
- encouraging in Punjabi
- ਉਤਸ਼ਾਹਜਨਕ, ਉਤਸ਼ਾਹਿਤ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ
- encouraging in Gujarati
- પ્રોત્સાહક, પ્રોત્સાહન આપે છે
Examples of encouraging in a sentence
- Disability rights advocates are encouraging people to rethink the words "crazy" and "insane" as they stigmatize mental health.
- We should be encouraging and supporting expensive bi-mode freight locomotives, especially where capacity is constrained.
- Her voice is steady and encouraging as she repeats a phrase, which the children repeat back.
Synonyms of encouraging
Forms of encouraging
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more encouraging |
| superlative | most encouraging |
| Noun | |
| plural | encouragings |
Words formed from encouraging
Questions about encouraging
- What does encouraging mean?
- Encouraging means giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious.
- What is encouraging in Marathi?
- Encouraging in Marathi is उत्साहवर्धक, प्रोत्साहन देणारे, प्रोत्साहनदायी. See Encouraging meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is encouraging?
- Encouraging can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce encouraging?
- Encouraging is pronounced /ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ (UK).
Words near encouraging in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: encouraging (page history and authors); encouraging (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); encouraging (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); encouraging (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); encouraging (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); encouraging (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); encouraging (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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