inspiring

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈspaɪɹ.ɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪəɹɪŋ
• Hyphenation: in‧spir‧ing

Adjective

inspiring (comparative more inspiring, superlative most inspiring)

1. Providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating.

Derived terms

• inspiringly
• noninspiring
• uninspiring

Translations

providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating

Catalan: inspirador Chinese: Mandarin: 鼓舞人心的 (zh) (gǔwǔrénxīn de) Czech: inspirující Dutch: inspirerend (nl) Finnish: inspiroiva (fi), innoittava French: inspirant (fr) m, inspirateur (fr) m German: inspirativ Hindi: प्रेरक (hi) (prerak) Hungarian: lelkesítő (hu) Italian: stimolante (it), incoraggiante (it) Norwegian: Bokmål: inspirerende Russian: вдохновляющий (ru) (vdoxnovljajuščij), воодушевляющий (ru) (vooduševljajuščij) Spanish: inspirador (es) m, inspirativo (es) m Swedish: inspirerande (sv)

Verb

inspiring

1. present participle and gerund of inspire

Noun

inspiring (countable and uncountable, plural inspirings)

1. inspiration
   • 1874, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art:

     From the severity of his father to the sweet intellectual inspirings of his wife a sadness seems ever to dwell upon his career. It was not that he was unfortunate. Few men have achieved greater success in life than John Stuart Mill.