ENCOURAGING

encouraging

(adjective) giving courage or confidence or hope; “encouraging advances in medical research”

encouraging, supporting

(adjective) furnishing support and encouragement; “the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Adjective

encouraging (comparative more encouraging, superlative most encouraging)

giving courage, confidence or hope

supporting by giving encouragement

auspicious, or bringing good luck

Verb

encouraging

present participle of encourage

Noun

encouraging (plural encouragings)

encouragement

Source: Wiktionary

En*cour"a*ging, a.

Definition: Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring.

– En*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.

ENCOURAGE

En*cour"age (; 48), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encouraged (; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Encouraging.] Etym: [F. encourager; pref. en- (L. in) + courage courage. See Courage.]

Definition: 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. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition