Synonyms for inspirational
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-spuh-rey-shuh-nl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn spəˈreɪ ʃə nl |
Top 10 synonyms for inspirational
- adorning
- advancing
- affective
- animating
- annoying
- arousing
- awakening
- beautifying
- beneficial
- breathless
- broadening
- civilizing
- constructive
- corrective
- dignifying
- disciplining
- dynamic
- edifying
- educative
- elevating
- emotive
- enlivening
- ennobling
- enriching
- exalting
- exciting
- exhilarating
- expanding
- expressive
- facund
- far-out
- fascinating
- felt in gut
- galling
- glorifying
- goading
- grabbed by
- gripping
- hairy
- heady
- heartbreaking
- heartening
- heartrending
- helpful
- humane
- humanizing
- impelling
- impressive
- incensing
- inciting
- influential
- inspirational
- inspiring
- inspiriting
- instructive
- insulting
- interesting
- intoxicating
- intriguing
- inviting
- learned
- liberal
- liberalizing
- meaningful
- mind-bending
- mind-blowing
- motivating
- moving
- nurturing
- offensive
- ornamenting
- outrageous
- persuasive
- poignant
- polishing
- promoting
- propelling
- provocative
- provoking
- pushing
- quickening
- raising
- rallying
- refined
- refining
- refreshing
- regenerative
- riveting
- rousing
- sententious
- significant
- socializing
- something
- spurring
- stimulant
- stimulating
- stimulative
- stirring
- stunning
- touching
- turned on by
- uplifting
- widening
Définition of inspirational
Origin :- 1839, "influenced by inspiration;" 1884, "tending to inspire;" see inspiration + -al (1).
- As in moving : adj affecting, exciting
- As in provocative : adj aggravating
- As in stirring : adj moving, rousing
- As in thought-provoking : adj stimulating
- As in inspiring : adj rousing
- As in cultural : adj educational, enlightening
- These men are just splendid to hold up as inspirational to our own.
- Extract from : « A Labrador Doctor » by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
- The teaching is "scientific," but at the same time "inspirational."
- Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park
- He makes no rousing speeches, writes no inspirational orders.
- Extract from : « The Armed Forces Officer » by U. S. Department of Defense
- Finding me in an inspirational mood, they plied me with questions.
- Extract from : « Autobiography of a YOGI » by Paramhansa Yogananda
- It is purely an inspirational game, if one may judge from this exhibition of it.
- Extract from : « The Ship Dwellers » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- Like woman its medium, Mind is inspirational, wayward and elusive.
- Extract from : « Feminism and Sex-Extinction » by Arabella Kenealy
- Ruth, hearing this, developed another of her inspirational ideas.
- Extract from : « Ruth Fielding In the Red Cross » by Alice B. Emerson
- What can a librarian do to make his library an inspirational force?
- Extract from : « The Library and Society » by Various
- Inspirational hours are often the fruit of anguish unutterable.
- Extract from : « Little Wolf » by M. A. Cornelius
- What of inspirational impulse does Goethe bring to his work?
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 » by Various
Antonyms for inspirational
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