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inspiriting

inspiriting

6.4
Making people feel more cheerful and hopeful
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈspɪrɪtɪŋ/
translation icon : inspirador
  • The coach gave an inspiriting speech before the final game.

Examples

  • Listening to her inspiriting words, the team felt ready to face any challenge.

  • His inspiriting attitude helped everyone stay hopeful during difficult times.

  • What an inspiriting story!

  • Her inspiriting words lifted everyone's spirits.

  • Her inspiriting words during the difficult times lifted everyone’s spirits.

  • The teacher's inspiriting message encouraged the students to pursue their dreams.

  • An inspiriting story can motivate people to overcome their challenges.

Synonyms

inspiring
vsinspiriting
138 3.6

Makes people feel excited and want to try something new

focuses more on cheerful encouragement than creative or inspirational effect
encouraging
vsinspiriting
73 1.9

Giving someone support or hope so they feel more confident

is more about making someone feel cheerful rather than prompting action
cheery
vsinspiriting
35 1.0

Happy and bright in a way that makes people smile

expresses active encouragement toward hope rather than only showing brightness
heartwarming
vsinspiriting
25 3.7

Makes you feel happy and warm inside

focuses on cheerful hope and encouragement rather than tender feeling
heartening
vsinspiriting
16 3.6

Making you feel more hopeful and cheerful

is the same idea but with a cheerfully lively tone
elating
vsinspiriting
4.3

Making someone feel very happy and excited

gives milder cheerful hope rather than producing intense joyful emotion

Antonyms

depressing
219 2.2

Making you feel very sad and that things will not get better

discouraging
15 3.9

Causing someone to feel less confident or hopeful about trying something

How Encouraging

uplifting
1 4.1
inspiriting
6.4
encouraging
73 1.9
heartening
16 3.6

Surface Forms

inspiriting positive

Morphology

inspiriting = inspirit (semi-transparent) = in + spirit + ing

The step from the verb 'inspirit' to the adjective 'inspiriting' is a regular and easily interpretable -ing formation.

Etymology

The word inspiriting comes from the Latin parts in- 'into' and spirare 'to breathe', so it originally meant 'breathing into' someone. Think of it like giving someone new breath or 'spirit', which is why something inspiriting makes you feel more cheerful and hopeful.