a00866471
type | a |
lex_filenum | 00 |
def | giving courage or confidence or hope |
examples | encouraging advances in medical research |
Outgoing links | |
Also see | helpful; hopeful; reassuring |
Antonym | encouraging → discouraging |
Similar to | exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatory; heartening, inspiriting; promotive; rallying |
Incoming links | |
Also see | reassuring; helpful; hopeful |
Similar to | exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatory; heartening, inspiriting; promotive; rallying |
Antonym | discouraging → encouraging |
Derived from adjective | encouragingly → encouraging |
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