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edifying

adjective

/ˈɛdɪfaɪɪŋ/

Meaning

Providing moral or intellectual instruction or enlightenment.

The documentary was both entertaining and edifying.

instructive, enlightening, informative, educational, uplifting

misleading, corrupting, harmful

edifying experience, edifying story, edifying lesson, morally edifying

willing to give or share more than is necessary; kind and giving

existing only in imagination; not real; fictional

not interested in or not connected with politics

Evoking interest, attention, or admiration in a powerful way.

not polite or courteous; rude and discourteous in behavior

covered with scales; having a rough surface like scales