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.

   Your encouraging words inspired me to persevere.

Derived terms

• encouragingly
• encouragingness

Translations

giving courage, confidence or hope

• Belarusian: абнадзе́йлівы (abnadzjéjlivy)
• Bulgarian: окуражаващ (bg) (okuražavašt)
• 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
• 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
• 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.