hearten
/ˈhɑːt(ə)n
/verb [with object]
Make more cheerful or confident: [with object and infinitive]: she was heartened to observe that the effect was faintly comic (as adjective heartening) this is the most heartening news of all...
- For those who think the appreciation of old clocks will decline, Jeff has heartening news.
- I arrive home and am heartened by the sight of my dog sitting patiently in front of the gates awaiting my arrival.
- The only people who want to hear bad news are the people who are heartened by failure.
Synonyms
cheer up, cheer, raise someone's spirits, encourage, comfort, reassure, console, boost, buoy up, perk up, ginger up;
invigorate, revitalize, energize, animate, rouse, revivify, exhilarate, uplift, elate
informal buck up, pep up, give a shot in the arm to
rare inspirit
Derivatives
hearteningly
- The death toll among American soldiers remains startlingly and hearteningly low, not horribly and frighteningly high.
- After this meeting, there were private discussions with some guesthouse owners and, hearteningly, some non-aligned farmers.
- So go out there, grab life by the collar, or at the very least a copy of this book… it's creative and inspiring and hearteningly original.
Rhymes
- take someone's (or one's own) life
- take someone's point
- take someone's word (for it)
- take someone/thing by surprise
- take someone/thing out
- take someone/thing seriously
- take someone to law
- take someone to task
- take someone to the cleaners
- take someone to the woodshed
- take someone up
- take someone up on
- take some (or a lot of) beating
- take something amiss
- take something apart
- take something as read
- take something away
- take something back
- take something by storm
- take something down
- take something forward
- take something ill
- take something in
- take something in good part
- take something in hand