hearten (redirected from heartened)

heart·en  (härtn)

tr.v. heart·ened, heart·en·ing, heart·ens

To give strength, courage, or hope to; encourage. See Synonyms at encourage.

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hearten

Verb

to encourage or make cheerful

heartening adj

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

hearten - give encouragement to cheer, embolden, recreate buck up, take heart - gain courage encourage - inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to dishearten, put off - take away the enthusiasm of

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hearten

verb encourage, inspire, cheer, comfort, assure, stimulate, reassure, animate, console, rouse, incite, embolden, buoy up, buck up (informal) raise someone's spirits, revivify, gee up, inspirit