Encouraging and Lamentable

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Encouraging adjective - Having qualities which inspire hope.

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Lamentable is an antonym for encouraging.

Lamentable adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.

Usage example: the lamentable cries of the women for their slain sons were heard throughout the village

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Encouraging is an antonym for lamentable.

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Lamentable and Encouraging. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/encouraging/lamentable

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