ADJECTIVE | all | enlightening, informative, illuminating | tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance |
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all | enlightening, edifying | enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage / encourage intellectual or moral improvement |
Sounds | ehnlay'tahnihng; ehnlay'tnihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | Tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance. | |
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Example | "an enlightening glimpse of government in action" | |
Synonyms | informative, illuminating | |
Opposite | unenlightening, unilluminating | Failing to inform or clarify |
Meaning | enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage / encourage intellectual or moral improvement. | |
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Synonym | edifying | |
Opposite | unedifying, unenlightening | not edifying |
Spanish | edificante |
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