encouraging
adjective
, -ˈkə-ri-, en-\
Definition of encouraging
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, -ˈkə-ri- , en- \
adverb
Synonyms & Antonyms for encouraging
Synonyms
auspicious, bright, fair, golden, heartening, hopeful, likely, optimistic, promising, propitious, rose-colored, roseate, rosy, upbeat
Antonyms
bleak, dark, depressing, desperate, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, downbeat, dreary, gloomy, hopeless, inauspicious, pessimistic, unencouraging, unlikely, unpromising, unpropitious
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Not to mention, her encouraging kids to call her that is not the same thing as succeeding at it. — Washington Post, "Carolyn Hax: Nana nana boo-boo? Don’t be petty about the title ‘Grandma.’," 1 Sep. 2019 Not to mention, her encouraging kids to call her that is not the same thing as succeeding at it. — Carolyn Hax, oregonlive, "Carolyn Hax: ‘Real’ Grandma doesn’t want to share the title," 1 Sep. 2019 Baltimore Orioles player Chris Davis is thanking 9-year-old Henry Frasca for an encouraging note the baseball lover sent him earlier this year. — Helen Murphy, PEOPLE.com, "Boy Meets Orioles Player After Sending Him Supportive Letter: 'Everyone Goes Through a Slump'," 27 Aug. 2019 The violations center on an executive session of the county board in November 2017 and emails Bernard sent encouraging county leaders to turn over the recording to his wife. — oregonlive.com, "Clackamas County commissioner broke ethics rules; gets 2 ‘letters of education’ instead of fine," 26 Aug. 2019 Management boosts fishes’ resilience Our work suggests three encouraging pieces of news for fish populations. — Chris Free, The Conversation, "Ocean warming has fisheries on the move, helping some but hurting more," 19 Aug. 2019 Cincinnati's loss wasn't without its encouraging moments and flair. — Pat Brennan, Cincinnati.com, "FC Cincinnati loses Ron Jans' debut match at Nippert Stadium to New York City FC, 4-1," 17 Aug. 2019 In an ideal world, Pineiro and Fry will build on their encouraging training camp performances with perfect showings in the preseason. — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, "Why the Bears should keep an eye on Ravens kicker Kaare Vedvik: ‘He’ll kick well enough for us to trade him'," 6 Aug. 2019 In a year team president Larry Foyt recently called the toughest of his career, Kanaan's performance offered everyone at Foyt an encouraging glimmer of hope. — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, "IndyCar: Tony Kanaan, Foyt find hope, progress at Iowa," 19 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'encouraging.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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