English language

How to pronounce uplifting in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Type of ascension, ascent, rise, rising
Derivation uplift


the uplifting of the clouds revealed the blue of a summer sky.

Examples of uplifting

uplifting
These days, unlike 1977, William Hague is a reassuring, even uplifting presence.
From the telegraph.co.uk
To write an uplifting poem that doesn't strike a false note is a huge challenge.
From the theepochtimes.com
A trip upstairs becomes uplifting with the easily applied words and star decals.
From the courier-journal.com
Christmas fiction ought to be nurturing, uplifting and, yes, a little schmaltzy.
From the courier-journal.com
Sports is full of examples of inspiring teams uplifting downtrodden communities.
From the kentucky.com
What should you pay someone for uplifting fully half of the American population?
From the washingtonpost.com
The story of Big Papi's redemption is probably the most uplifting of the season.
From the bostonherald.com
Classical music, that pure and refined art, always spiritually uplifting, right?
From the post-gazette.com
One of the most uplifting plants is comfrey, now flourishing after a wet season.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • Elate: fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
  • Upheaval: (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
  • A brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts
  • Lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces; "the earth's movement uplifted this part of town"
  • Lift up or elevate
  • (uplifted) exalted emotionally especially with pride
  • Tectonic uplift is a geological process most often caused by plate tectonics which increases elevation. The opposite of uplift is subsidence, which results in a decrease in elevation. Uplift may be orogenic or isostatic.
  • Uplifter is the ninth studio album by American rock band 311, released on June 2, 2009 by Volcano Records. It is the band's first album in nearly four years, the longest gap between albums in 311's career. ...
  • The act or result of being uplifted; A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building; A brassiere that raises the breasts; To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level; this sense?) lifted up