Encouraging \En*cour"a*ging\, a.
Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
encouraging
adj 1: giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances
in medical research" [ant: discouraging]
2: furnishing support and encouragement; "the anxious child
needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"
[syn: supporting]
3: tending to favor or bring good luck; "miracles are
auspicious accidents"; "encouraging omens"; "a favorable
time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous
moment to make a decision" [syn: auspicious, favorable,
favourable, lucky, prosperous]
WordNet (r) 2.0
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "encouraging":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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