exhortative
Meant to urge
Exhortative describes speech or writing that urges, encourages, or strongly advises action.
An exhortative tone pushes the listener toward a course of conduct; an exhortative sermon calls the congregation to moral action.
The word overlaps with exhortatory, which is more common.
Urgently requesting with emotion
- beseechingUrgently pleading for something
- entreatingUrgently asking for favor
- pleadingUrgent heartfelt request
- adjuringUrgently requesting under oath
importunate · insistent · pressing · demanding · coaxing · cajoling · supplicatory · solicitous
Art of persuasive language
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
discourse · convince · influence · appeal · inducement · sermon · harangue · pep talk
Offering help and reassurance
- upliftingEmotionally encouraging
- hearteningInspiring confidence or cheer
- reassuringRestoring calm or confidence
- motivationalEncouraging effort or ambition
inspirational · affirming · cheering · emboldening · empowering · boosting · stimulating · invigorating
Requiring immediate attention
- imperativeUnavoidably necessary
- insistentFirmly demanding attention
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
impassioned · fervid · intense · vigorous · strident · clamorous · vociferous · passionate
Serving as warning
- admonitoryServing to warn
- warningAlert about danger
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- instructiveServing to teach
directive · prescriptive · didactic · moralizing · preachy · sententious · monitory · recommending
imploring
Urgently requesting with emotion
- beseechingUrgently pleading for something
- entreatingUrgently asking for favor
- pleadingUrgent heartfelt request
adjuring · importunate · insistent · pressing · demanding · coaxing · cajoling · supplicatory · solicitous · earnest
rhetoric
Art of persuasive language
argument · discourse · convince · influence · appeal · inducement · sermon · harangue · pep talk · rallying cry
supportive
Offering help and reassurance
- upliftingEmotionally encouraging
- hearteningInspiring confidence or cheer
- reassuringRestoring calm or confidence
motivational · inspirational · affirming · cheering · emboldening · empowering · boosting · stimulating · invigorating · animating
pressing
Requiring immediate attention
- imperativeUnavoidably necessary
- insistentFirmly demanding attention
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
critical · impassioned · fervid · intense · vigorous · strident · clamorous · vociferous · passionate · fiery
cautionary
Serving as warning
- admonitoryServing to warn
- warningAlert about danger
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
instructive · directive · prescriptive · didactic · moralizing · preachy · sententious · monitory · recommending · guiding
exhortativedissuasive
Tending to deter
discouraging · deterrent · dissuading · cautionary · admonitory
exhortativedispassionate
Free from emotional involvement
indifferent · apathetic · neutral · detached · unenthusiastic
exhortativedispassionate
Free from emotional involvement
neutral · descriptive · declarative · informative · noncommittal