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Adjective encouraging has 3 senses
- encouraging - giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research"
Antonyms: discouraging, daunting, intimidating, demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting, frustrating, unencouraging
- encouraging, supporting - furnishing support and encouragement; "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"
Antonym: unsupportive (indirect, via supportive)
- auspicious, encouraging, favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperous - 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"
Antonym: unpropitious (indirect, via propitious)
Verb encourage has 3 senses
- promote, advance, boost, further, encourage - contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
--1 is one way to support, back up
Sample sentence:
They encourage him to write the letter
- encourage - inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
--2 is one way to inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven, exalt
Antonyms: discourage
Sample sentence:
The good news will encourage her
- encourage - spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"
--3 is one way to induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
Sample sentence:
They encourage him to write the letter
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