say it: en-KUR-ijd
encouraged is an adjective meaning "inspired with confidence". It is pronounced /ɛnˈkɝɪdʒd/ — en-KUR-ijd. It carries one recorded sense.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for encouraged come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.