edifying

Meanings

Plural: edifyings

Verb

• make understand
• present participle and gerund of edify

Adjective

• 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"

Adj

• That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs.
• That enlightens or uplifts.

Noun

• Edification.

Synonyms

edify, enlighten, enlightening

Antonyms

unedifying

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