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inspiring

Syllables: in·spir·ingUK/ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ//ɪnˈspaɪɹ.ɪŋ/

inspiring adjective: providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating. Also the present participle and gerund of inspire.

Adjective

inspiring (comparative more inspiring, superlative most inspiring)

  1. Providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating.

Noun

inspiring (countable and uncountable, plural inspirings)

  1. inspiration
    • From the severity of his father to the sweet intellectual inspirings of his wife a sadness seems ever to dwell upon his career. It was not that he was unfortunate. Few men have achieved greater success in life than John Stuart Mill.1874, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art

Also used as

inspiring is also the present participle and gerund of inspire.

inspiring meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Gujarati

inspiring in Hindi

providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
प्रेरक prerak

inspiring in Tamil

உத்வேகம் அளிக்கிறது, ஊக்கமளிக்கும்

inspiring in Telugu

ప్రేరణనిస్తుంది

inspiring in Gujarati

પ્રેરણા આપે છે

Examples of inspiring in a sentence

  • The man's inspiring speech gave us food for thought.
  • It involves curating the content you see to be uplifting, educational, or inspiring.
  • The original cloth inspiring the shade is kept in archives for historical reference.

All 31 example sentences with inspiring

Forms of inspiring

Adjective
comparativemore inspiring
superlativemost inspiring
Noun
pluralinspirings

Words formed from inspiring

Words that rhyme with inspiring

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Questions about inspiring

What does inspiring mean?
Inspiring means providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating.
What is inspiring in Hindi?
Inspiring in Hindi is प्रेरक (prerak). See Inspiring meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is inspiring?
Inspiring can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce inspiring?
Inspiring is pronounced /ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near inspiring in the dictionary

  1. inspirer
  2. inspirers
  3. inspires
  4. inspirest
  5. inspireth
  6. inspiring
  7. inspiringly
  8. inspirings
  9. inspirit
  10. inspirited
  11. inspiriter

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: inspiring (page history and authors); inspiring (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inspiring (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); inspiring (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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