Deploring and Encouraging

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Deploring adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.

Usage example: a deploring look on his face long after the funeral had ended

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Encouraging is an antonym for deploring.

Nearby Words: deplorable, deplorably, deplored

Encouraging adjective - Having qualities which inspire hope.

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Deploring is an antonym for encouraging.

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