💬hortatory

adjective
/ˈhɔːrtətɔːri/

Meaning

Intended to encourage or urge to action.

Example Sentences

The manager’s hortatory words inspired the team to work harder.

Synonyms

encouraging, exhortative, urging, inspiring

Antonyms

discouraging, dissuasive

Collocations

hortatory address, hortatory style, hortatory advice

Related Vocabularies

Based on instinct; done without conscious thought; natural and automatic.
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Required or expected to justify actions or decisions; responsible.
annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand; lacking in intelligence or perception
Aggressively active in a cause, sometimes using forceful methods.
Relating to things beyond the physical world; supernatural or transcendental.

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