adj
Meaning 1
Providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
inspiring
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/
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US: /ɪnˈspaɪɹ.ɪŋ/
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rhymes with -aɪəɹɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: IH2 N S P AY1 R IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: IH2 N S P AY1 ER0 IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
inspiration
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of inspire
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective
Meaning 4
stimulating or exalting to the spirit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: uninspiring
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: inspirador — providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
- Chinese Mandarin: 鼓舞人心的 (gǔwǔrénxīn de) — providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
- Czech: inspirující — providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
- Dutch: inspirerend — providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
- Finnish: inspiroiva — providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
- Finnish: innoittava — providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
- French: inspirant — providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
- French: inspirateur — providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
- German: inspirativ — providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
- Hindi: प्रेरक (prerak) — providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
- Hungarian: lelkesítő — providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
- Italian: stimolante — providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
- Italian: incoraggiante — providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
- Norwegian Bokmål: inspirerende — providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
- Polish: inspirujący — providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
- Russian: вдохновляющий (vdoxnovljajuščij) — providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
- Russian: воодушевляющий (vooduševljajuščij) — providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
- Spanish: inspirador — providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
- Spanish: inspirativo — providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
- Swedish: inspirerande — providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating
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