- present participle of uplift.
uplifting
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of uplifting
Explanation
When you stand on a beach and admire the uplifting of a kite into the blue sky, you're watching it move up. Watching that kite rise might be an uplifting, or moving, experience. Use the noun uplifting to describe the upward movement of something. You could describe the uplifting of a hot air balloon on a sunny day, or the uplifting of a girl's long hair in the wind. The action of something rising is an uplifting. A more common way to use the word is as an adjective describing something that figuratively lifts one's spirits or mood.
Vocabulary lists containing uplifting
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Example Sentences
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Uplifting and glorious, with bittersweet blue notes and a swing buoyed by faith alone, Tines took us to church with it, prompting at least one “Hallelujah” from the audience.
From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2022
Uplifting stories of volunteers, first responders, charitable efforts, everyday Americans helping each other and other acts of coronavirus-era heroism will be told as part of the initiative.
From Fox News • Mar. 30, 2020
Uplifting talk quickly turns to depressing reality on the West Side.
From The Guardian • Aug. 12, 2018
Uplifting stuff it is not, but if a spring show in Los Angeles was any indication, it’s engrossing, as Khan delivers the novel-worthy sadness with booming, choppy beats and chilling, watery synthesizers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2016
Out there with the floating Sun, Page 259 10Where cloud-forms rest on Ocean's breast, Uplifting their forms at Nihoa, This side the base of Lehua; There is the water of Kane.
From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Emerson, Nathaniel Bright
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