Encouraging
/ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 encouragement
"[…] the thousand little ties of sympathy and mutual hopes and fears, comfortings and encouragings."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of encourage form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious.
"Although there is no cure for the disease yet, the research results are encouraging."
- 2 Supporting by giving encouragement: positively.
"Your encouraging words inspired me to persevere."
Adjective
- 1 giving courage or confidence or hope wordnet
- 2 furnishing support and encouragement wordnet
Example
More examples"The report is not encouraging sales wise."