The report is not encouraging sales wise.
Source: tatoeba (44040)
Encouraging
//ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ//
Synonyms for "encouraging" (71 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
3 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
14 entriessimilar
16 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 14 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- абнадзе́йлівы adj (giving courage, confidence or hope)
Bulgarian
2 entries- насърчителен adj (supporting by giving encouragement)
- окуража́ващ adj (giving courage, confidence or hope)
Catalan
2 entries- encoratjador adj (giving courage, confidence or hope)
- encoratjador adj (supporting by giving encouragement)
Finnish
3 entries- lupaava adj (giving courage, confidence or hope)
- rohkaiseva adj (giving courage, confidence or hope)
- rohkaiseva adj (supporting by giving encouragement)
German
1 entries- ermutigend adj (giving courage, confidence or hope)
Hungarian
1 entries- bátorító adj (giving courage, confidence or hope)
Italian
2 entries- incoraggiante adj (giving courage, confidence or hope)
- rassicurante adj (giving courage, confidence or hope)
Lithuanian
2 entries- padrąsinanti adj (giving courage, confidence or hope)
- padrąsinantis adj (giving courage, confidence or hope)
Russian
4 entries- обнадёживающий adj (giving courage, confidence or hope)
- ободри́тельный adj (giving courage, confidence or hope)
- ободря́ющий adj (giving courage, confidence or hope)
- ободря́ющий adj (supporting by giving encouragement)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- misneachail adj (giving courage, confidence or hope)
- misneachail adj (supporting by giving encouragement)
Slovak
2 entries- povzbudzujúci adj (giving courage, confidence or hope)
- povzbudzujúci adj (supporting by giving encouragement)
Spanish
3 entries- alentador adj (giving courage, confidence or hope)
- esperanzador adj (giving courage, confidence or hope)
- halagüeño adj (giving courage, confidence or hope)
Swedish
1 entries- uppmuntrande adj (supporting by giving encouragement)
Ukrainian
2 entries- обнаді́йливий adj (giving courage, confidence or hope)
- підбадьо́рливий adj (supporting by giving encouragement)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
All right! Everybody around me is so encouraging I'm getting a rush of motivation.
Source: tatoeba (65650)
Dad's always encouraging him.
Source: tatoeba (510166)
I want to draw your attention toward last quarter's results which are very encouraging.
Source: tatoeba (567053)
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