exhortatory
Meant to motivate
Exhortatory describes speech or writing that urges, encourages, or strongly advises someone to take action.
An exhortatory tone is one of passionate persuasion rather than calm explanation.
The coach's exhortatory halftime speech rallied the team.
The word shares territory with its near-synonym exhortative, both deriving from the verb exhort.
Strongly encouraging action
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
- imploringUrgently requesting with emotion
- beseechingUrgently pleading for something
- entreatingUrgently asking for favor
coaxing · cajoling · prevailing · convincing · compelling · argumentative · rhetorical · advocacy
Arousing drive or hope
- rousingExciting strong feeling
- rallyingAssembling for unified action
- empoweringGiving authority or confidence
- galvanizingSpurring into sudden action
stirring · uplifting · energizing · invigorating · encouraging · heartening · stimulating · aspirational
urging
Strongly encouraging action
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
- imploringUrgently requesting with emotion
- beseechingUrgently pleading for something
entreating · coaxing · cajoling · prevailing · convincing · compelling · argumentative · rhetorical · advocacy · lobbying
inspirational
Arousing drive or hope
- rousingExciting strong feeling
- rallyingAssembling for unified action
- empoweringGiving authority or confidence
galvanizing · stirring · uplifting · energizing · invigorating · encouraging · heartening · stimulating · aspirational · animating
imperative
Unavoidably necessary
- insistentFirmly demanding attention
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
- earnestSincerely intense in purpose
vehement · impassioned · emphatic · forceful · adamant · importunate · clamorous · strident · demanding · pleading
exhortatorydiscouraging
Causing loss of confidence
dissuasive · deterrent · cautionary · admonitory · warning
exhortatorydescriptive
Portraying with specific details
expository · informative · reportorial · factual · observational
exhortatorydispassionate
Free from emotional involvement
detached · clinical · unemotional · matter-of-fact · dry
cohort, exhort, exhortation, exhorted, exhorting, exhorts, exhortations