inspiring

adj, noun — 2 senses

inspiring

adj

UK /ɪnˈspaɪə.ɹɪŋ/ · US /ɪnˈspaɪɹ.ɪŋ/

1

Providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating.

Derived terms: inspiringly, noninspiring, uninspiring

inspiring

noun

1

inspiration

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

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