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encouraging

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en·cour·ag·ing  (n-kûr-jng, -kr-)
adj.
Giving courage, confidence, or hope: an encouraging advance in medical research.
en·courag·ing·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.encouraging - giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research"
reassuring - restoring confidence and relieving anxiety; "a very reassuring remark"
helpful - providing assistance or serving a useful function
hopeful - having or manifesting hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem"
discouraging - depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; "where never is heard a discouraging word"
2.encouraging - furnishing support and encouragement; "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"
supporting
supportive - furnishing support or assistance; "a supportive family network"; "his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer"
encouraging
Translations
encouraging [ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ] ADJ [smile] → alentador; [news, prospect] → alentador, halagüeño; [words] → de aliento
it is not an encouraging prospect → es una perspectiva poco halagüeña
he was always very encouraging → siempre me daba ánimos
encouraging [ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒiŋ] adj [sign, news, results, situation] → encourageant(e); [words] → encourageant(e)
encouraging
adj → ermutigend; I found him very encouraging → er hat mir sehr viel Mut gemacht
encouraging [ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ] adj → incoraggiante
encouraging [ɪnˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ] adj → incoraggiante
encouraging → مشجع povzbuzující opmuntrende ermutigend ενθαρρυντικός alentador rohkaiseva encourageant ohrabrujući incoraggiante 励みになる 격려가 되는 bemoedigend oppmuntrende zachęcający encorajador ободряющий uppmuntrande ที่ให้กำลังใจ cesaret verici đáng khích lệ 可奖励的


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" Sometimes a group of squalid old crones, squatting in a file under the shadow of the steps to a porch, scolded noisily as the archdeacon and the bellringer passed, and tossed them this encouraging welcome, with a curse: "Hum
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all.
Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address by Lincoln, Abraham View in context
He was continually encouraging her tendency to affectation (which I had done my utmost to crush), talking about her pretty face, and filling her head with all manner of conceited notions concerning her personal appearance (which I had instructed her to regard as dust in the balance compared with the cultivation of her mind and manners); and I never saw a child so susceptible of flattery as she was.
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