Found 4 items, similar to encouraging.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: encourage
mendorong
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: encourage
memberanikan, menggalakkan, menggelikan, menggiatkan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: encouraging
encouraging
adj 1: giving courage or confidence or hope;
“encouraging advances
in medical research” [ant:
discouraging]
2: furnishing support and encouragement;
“the anxious child
needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher”
[syn:
supporting]
3: 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” [syn:
auspicious,
favorable,
favourable,
lucky,
prosperous]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Encouraging
Encourage
\En*cour"age\ (?; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Encouraged (?; 48); p. pr. & vb. n.
Encouraging.] [F.
encourager; pref. en- (L. in) + courage courage. See
Courage.]
To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope;
to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate;
enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of
discourage.
[1913 Webster]
David encouraged himself in the Lord. --1 Sam. xxx.
6.
Syn: To embolden; inspirit; animate; enhearten; hearten;
incite; cheer; urge; impel; stimulate; instigate;
countenance; comfort; promote; advance; forward;
strengthen.
[1913 Webster]
Encouraging
\En*cour"a*ging\, a.
Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring. --
En*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]