Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

encouraging

/ɪnˈkɝɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables: en-cour-aging
IPA: /ɪnˈkɝɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious.

adj

Supporting by giving encouragement: positively.

verb

present participle and gerund of encourage

noun

Example Sentences

"Although there is no cure for the disease yet, the research results are encouraging."
"There are some encouraging signs of economic recovery."
"Your encouraging words inspired me to persevere."
"[…] the thousand little ties of sympathy and mutual hopes and fears, comfortings and encouragings."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪnˈkɝɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
British English: /ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

more encouraging (comparative) most encouraging (superlative) encouragings (plural)

Derived Forms

encouragingly encouragingness unencouraging

Synonyms

promising supporting

Questions

How do you pronounce encouraging?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈkɝɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/.
What does encouraging mean?: Giving courage, confidence or hope; auspicious.

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