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edifying
ed·i·fy E0039900 (ĕd′ə-fī′)tr.v. ed·i·fied, ed·i·fy·ing, ed·i·fies To instruct especially so as to encourage intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement.
[Middle English edifien, from Old French edifier, from Late Latin aedificāre, to instruct spiritually, from Latin, to build; see edifice.]
ed′i·fi′er n.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | edifying - enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read"enlighteningunedifying, unenlightening - not edifying |
edifyingadjective instructive, improving, inspiring, elevating, enlightening, uplifting, instructional the reading of edifying literatureedifyingadjective1. Promoting culture:civilizing, cultural, enlightening, humanizing, refining.2. Serving to educate or inform:educational, educative, enlightening, illuminative, informative, instructional, instructive.Translationsedify (ˈedifai) verb to improve the mind or morals of. 教誨，啟發 教诲，启发 ˌedifiˈcation nounI told you that piece of news for your edification. 啟迪 启迪ˈedifying adjective instructive; morally improving. an edifying lecture. 有啟發性的，有教化作用的 有教训性的，有益的 edifying
Synonyms for edifyingadj instructiveSynonyms- instructive
- improving
- inspiring
- elevating
- enlightening
- uplifting
- instructional
Synonyms for edifyingadj promoting cultureSynonyms- civilizing
- cultural
- enlightening
- humanizing
- refining
adj serving to educate or informSynonyms- educational
- educative
- enlightening
- illuminative
- informative
- instructional
- instructive
Synonyms for edifyingadj enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvementSynonymsAntonyms |