Cheering and Discouraging

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Cheering adjective - Making one feel good inside.

Usage example: the cheering sight of a child being reunited with a pet that had been lost

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Discouraging is an antonym for cheering in encouraging topic.

Nearby Words: cheer, cheerful, cheery, cheered, cheerfully

Discouraging adjective - Depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action.

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Cheering is an antonym for discouraging in hopeless topic.

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