Encouraged
Encouraged adjective - Inspired with confidence.
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Synonyms for Encouraged
Pleased and encouraged are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pleased" instead the word "Encouraged" as an adjective or a verb.
Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging
Pleased
Pleased adjective - Experiencing or manifesting pleasure.
Encouraged and pleased are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Encouraged" instead the word "Pleased" as an adjective or a verb.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- eager and encouraged
- eager and pleased
- bright and encouraged
- bright and pleased
- enthusiastic and encouraged
- enthusiastic and pleased
- cheerful and encouraged
- cheerful and pleased
- happy and encouraged
- happy and pleased
- buoyant and encouraged
- buoyant and pleased
- sanguine and encouraged
- sanguine and pleased
Both words in one sentence
- If the siege continued to the full, and the city overrun, the invaders could do as they pleased, and the commanders either looked the other way or actively encouraged their troops.
Source: Leave No Survivors -
Since she is unaware that Tessa is his CO, Kaname's immediate (and justifiable) assumption is that she's his girlfriend — an assumption only encouraged by Tessa, who's too pleased to be taken for Sousuke's girlfriend to want to clear things up.
Source: Not What It Looks Like
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