incoraggiante

encouraging

adjective een-koh-rahd-JAHN-teh Rare

Usage Note

Incoraggiante is the present participle of incoraggiare used as an adjective, and like all -ante adjectives it has a single form for both genders: un segno incoraggiante, una notizia incoraggiante. Its opposite is scoraggiante (discouraging), a useful pair to learn together.

Examples

"I risultati sono davvero incoraggianti."

Natural Translation

The results are truly encouraging.

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