Definition of Encouraged

1. Adjective. Inspired with confidence. "Felt bucked up by his success"

Exact synonyms: Bucked Up
Similar to: Pleased

Definition of Encouraged

1. Verb. (past of encourage) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Encouraged

1. encourage [v] - See also: encourage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Encouraged

encores
encoring
encoubert
encouberts
encounter
encounter group
encountered
encounterer
encounterers
encountering
encounters
encountre
encountrynge
encourage
encourageable
encouraged
encouragement
encouragements
encourager
encouragers
encourages
encouragest
encourageth
encouraging
encouragingly
encouragingness
encowl
encowled
encowling
encowls

Literary usage of Encouraged

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott (1899)
"How the Sphere encouraged me in a Vision. Although I had less than a minute for reflection, I felt, by a kind of instinct, that I must conceal my ..."

2. The Art of Worldly Wisdom by Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Joseph Jacobs (1892)
"To be in vogue is a matter of luck, yet it can be encouraged by skill, for art can best take root on a soil favoured by nature. There goodwill grows and ..."

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