encouraging

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkɝɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: en‧cour‧aging

Adjective

encouraging (comparative more encouraging, superlative most encouraging)

1. Giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious.

   Synonym: promising

   Although there is no cure for the disease yet, the research results are encouraging.

   There are some encouraging signs of economic recovery.

2. Supporting by giving encouragement: positively.

   Your encouraging words inspired me to persevere.

Derived terms

• encouragingly
• encouragingness
• unencouraging

Translations

giving courage, confidence or hope

• Belarusian: абнадзе́йлівы (abnadzjéjlivy)
• Bulgarian: окуража́ващ (bg) (okuražávašt)
• Catalan: encoratjador (ca)
• Finnish: rohkaiseva (fi), lupaava (fi)
• German: ermutigend (de)
• Hungarian: bátorító (hu)
• Italian: incoraggiante (it), rassicurante (it)
• Lithuanian: padrąsinantis m, padrąsinanti f
• Russian: обнадёживающий (ru) (obnadjóživajuščij), ободри́тельный (ru) (obodrítelʹnyj), ободря́ющий (ru) (obodrjájuščij)
• Scottish Gaelic: misneachail
• Slovak: povzbudzujúci
• Spanish: alentador (es), esperanzador, halagüeño (es)
• Ukrainian: обнаді́йливий (obnadíjlyvyj)

supporting by giving encouragement

• Bulgarian: насърчителен (bg) (nasǎrčitelen)
• Catalan: encoratjador (ca)
• Finnish: rohkaiseva (fi)
• Russian: ободря́ющий (ru) (obodrjájuščij), подба́дривающий (ru) (podbádrivajuščij)
• Scottish Gaelic: misneachail
• Slovak: povzbudzujúci
• Swedish: uppmuntrande (sv)
• Ukrainian: підбадьо́рливий (pidbadʹórlyvyj)

Verb

encouraging

1. present participle and gerund of encourage

Noun

encouraging (plural encouragings)

1. encouragement
   • 1853, The Living Age, volume 37, page 58:

     […] the thousand little ties of sympathy and mutual hopes and fears, comfortings and encouragings.