Words that rhyme with encouraging
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ageing
adj 1: growing old [syn: aging, ageing, senescent] n 1: acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time [syn: ripening, aging, ageing] 2: the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age [syn: aging, ageing, senescence] -
discouraging
adj 1: depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; "where never is heard a discouraging word" [ant: encouraging] 2: expressing disapproval -
dispiriting
adj 1: destructive of morale and self-reliance [syn: demoralizing, demoralising, disheartening, dispiriting] -
edging
n 1: border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug) -
engaging
adj 1: attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a piquant face with large appealing eyes" [syn: engaging, piquant] -
lodging
n 1: structures collectively in which people are housed [syn: housing, lodging, living accommodations] 2: the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily; "the lodgment of the balloon in the tree" [syn: lodgment, lodgement, lodging] 3: the act of lodging -
obliging
adj 1: showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave" [syn: complaisant, obliging] -
staging
n 1: the production of a drama on the stage [syn: theatrical production, staging] 2: a system of scaffolds [syn: scaffolding, staging] 3: travel by stagecoach 4: getting rid of a stage of a multistage rocket -
unchanging
adj 1: conforming to the same principles or course of action over time 2: showing little if any change; "a static population" [syn: static, stable, unchanging] -
ungrudging
adj 1: without envy or reluctance; "ungrudging admiration" -
urging
n 1: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something; "the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" [syn: goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring] 2: the act of earnestly supporting or encouraging 3: insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree" [syn: importunity, urgency, urging] -
beijing
n 1: capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese city [syn: Beijing, Peking, Peiping, capital of Red China] -
nanjing
n 1: a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930s [syn: Nanjing, Nanking] -
bridging
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managing
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ridging
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