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inspiring

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in·spir·ing  (n-sprng)
adj.
Tending to arouse or exalt: an inspiring eulogy.
in·spiring·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.inspiring - stimulating or exalting to the spirit
uninspiring - depressing to the spirit; "a villa of uninspiring design"
inspiring
Translations
inspiring [ɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ] adj [person, teacher, leader] → passionnant(e); [performance] → brillant(e); [example, story, book] → exaltant(e), inspirant(e)
inspiring
adj speech, teacher, leader, speaker, example → inspirierend; this subject/translation isn’t particularly inspiring → dieses Thema/diese Übersetzung begeistert einen nicht gerade; she is an inspiring teacher → als Lehrerin ist sie eine Inspiration
inspiring [ɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ] adj → ispiratore/trice, stimolante
inspiring [ɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ] adj → ispiratore/trice, stimolante


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Few western wonders are more inspiring than the beauties of an Arizona moonlit landscape; the silvered mountains in the distance, the strange lights and shadows upon hog back and arroyo, and the grotesque details of the stiff, yet beautiful cacti form a picture at once enchanting and inspiring; as though one were catching for the first time a glimpse of some dead and forgotten world, so different is it from the aspect of any other spot upon our earth.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
The getting of your anchor was a noisy operation on board a merchant ship of yesterday - an inspiring, joyous noise, as if, with the emblem of hope, the ship's company expected to drag up out of the depths, each man all his personal hopes into the reach of a securing hand - the hope of home, the hope of rest, of liberty, of dissipation, of hard pleasure, following the hard endurance of many days between sky and water.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
But again, Tragedy is an imitation not only of a complete action, but of events inspiring fear or pity.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
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