Encouraging and Minatory

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Encouraging adjective - Pointing toward a happy outcome.

Usage example: we're off to an encouraging start on this project

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Minatory is an antonym for encouraging.

Minatory adjective - Being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come.

Usage example: the novel's protagonist is haunted by a minatory black specter

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Encouraging is an antonym for minatory.

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Minatory and Encouraging. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/encouraging/minatory

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