heartening

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heartening

adjective more heartening · most heartening

Cheerfully encouraging. All in all, 'Reticent Bodies' is a heartening discovery, and each subsequent reading will yield a quiet pleasure. Just as his work four years ago suggested, Surani is a writer striving to express his view of the world in his own way, and he’s finding his ‘tilt.’ Readers will anticipate more.
Opposite: disheartening

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of hearten

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adj cheerfully encouraging

Español	alentador
日本語	心強い kokorodzuyoi
中文	可喜 kěxǐ
Français	encourageant
Deutsch	ermutigend
Italiano	rincuorante
Русский	отра́дный otrádnyj, воодушевля́ющий vooduševljájuščij

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@misc{heartening_2026,
  title = {heartening},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/heartening},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}