'Encouraging' definitions:
Definition of 'encouraging'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research" [ant: discouraging]
adjective
Furnishing support and encouragement; "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher" [syn: encouraging, supporting]
Definition of 'Encouraging'
From: GCIDE
- Encourage \En*cour"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encouraged (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Encouraging.] [F. encourager; pref. en- (L. in) + courage courage. See Courage.] To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage. [1913 Webster]
- David encouraged himself in the Lord. --1 Sam. xxx. 6.
- Syn: To embolden; inspirit; animate; enhearten; hearten; incite; cheer; urge; impel; stimulate; instigate; countenance; comfort; promote; advance; forward; strengthen. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Encouraging'
From: GCIDE
- Encouraging \En*cour"a*ging\, a. Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring. -- {En*cour"a*ging*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'encouraging'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alluring,
- animating,
- assuring,
- auspicious,
- bright with promise,
- challenging,
- cheerful,
- cheering,
- cheery,
- comforting,
- condolatory,
- condolent,
- condoling,
- consolatory,
- consoling,
- couleur de rose,
- energizing,
- enlivening,
- exciting,
- exhilarating,
- favorable,
- full of promise,
- galvanic,
- galvanizing,
- glad,
- gladdening,
- heart-warming,
- heartening,
- hospitable,
- inspiring,
- inspiriting,
- invigorating,
- inviting,
- joyful,
- likely,
- looking up,
- of good comfort,
- of promise,
- piquant,
- pregnant of good,
- promising,
- prompting,
- propitious,
- provocative,
- provoking,
- reassuring,
- relieving,
- rose-colored,
- roseate,
- rosy,
- rousing,
- stimulant,
- stimulating,
- stimulative,
- stirring,
- supportive,
- sympathetic