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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inspirational |
| Synonyms: | inspirative, inspiriting, instigative |
| Antonyms: | sad |
| Main Entry: | exalted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | praised; held in high esteem |
| Synonyms: | astral, august, dignified, elevated, eminent, exaggerated, excessive, first, grand, high, high-minded, high-ranking, highest, highest-ranking, honorable, honored, ideal, illustrious, immodest, imposing, inflated, intellectual, leading, lofty, magnificent, noble, number one, outstanding, overblown, pompous, prestigious, pretentious, proud, self-important, sublime, superb, superior, top-drawer, top-ranking, uplifting |
| Antonyms: | condemned, criticized, debased, denounced, humiliated |
| Main Entry: | exhilarating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stimulating, cheering |
| Synonyms: | animating, animative, bracing, breathtaking, electric, elevating, enlivening, exalting, exciting, exhilarant, exhilarative, exhilaratory, eye-popping, gladdening, inspiring, inspiriting, intoxicating, invigorating, quickening, rousing, stimulative, stirring, thrilling, tonic, uplifting, vitalizing |
| Antonyms: | agitating, boring, depressing, discouraging, upsetting, worrying |
| Main Entry: | hopeful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | promising, auspicious |
| Synonyms: | advantageous, arousing, beneficial, bright, cheerful, cheering, conducive, convenient, elating, encouraging, enlivening, exciting, expeditious, fair, favorable, fine, fit, flattering, fortifying, fortunate, golden, good, gracious, halcyon, heartening, helpful, inspiring, inspiriting, likely, lucky, opportune, pleasant, pleasing, probable, promiseful, propitious, providential, reasonable, reassuring, roseate, rosy, rousing, stirring, suitable, sunny, timely, uplifting, well-timed |
| Notes: | hopeful means having or inspiring hope; optimistic means expecting the best |
| Antonyms: | desperate, hopeless, inauspicious, pointless, unpromising, wretched |
| Main Entry: | invigorating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stimulating |
| Synonyms: | aesthetic, bracing, brisk, charged, energizing, exhilarating, exhilarative, fascinating, fresh, healthful, high*, hyper, interesting, lively, quickening, refreshing, rejuvenating, rejuvenative, restorative, salubrious, tonic, uplifting, vitalizing |
| Antonyms: | boring, depressing, dull, enervating, unstimulating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | humanizing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | civilizing |
| Synonyms: | cultural, refining, uplifting |
| Main Entry: | inspiring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rousing |
| Synonyms: | animating, encouraging, enlivening, exalting, exciting, exhilarating, heartening, inspirational, inspiriting, motivating, moving, refreshing, stimulating, stirring, uplifting |
| Main Entry: | edifying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enlightening |
| Synonyms: | cultural, educational, educative, illuminating, illuminative, improving, inspiring, instructional, instructive, refining, uplifting |
| Main Entry: | empyreal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sublime |
| Synonyms: | amazing, astonishing, awesome, beautiful, celestial, elevated, empyrean, ethereal, exalted, fabulous, grand, heavenly, inspiring, lofty, marvelous, moving, stunning, supernal, uplifting, wonderful |
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