Definition of Heartening

1. Adjective. Cheerfully encouraging.

Exact synonyms: Inspiriting
Similar to: Encouraging

Definition of Heartening

1. Verb. (present participle of hearten) ¹

2. Adjective. cheerfully encouraging ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Heartening

1. hearten [v] - See also: hearten

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heartening

heartcare
heartcut
heartcuts
heartcutting
heartdear
heartdeep
hearte
hearted
heartedly
heartedness
heartednesses
hearten
heartened
heartener
hearteners
heartening (current term)
hearteningly
heartens
heartes
heartfelt
heartfeltly
heartfeltness
heartfree
heartful
heartfulness
heartfuls
heartgrief
hearth
hearth and home
hearth money

Literary usage of Heartening

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Hebrews: Their Political, Social and Religious Development by Frank Knight Sanders (1914)
"EZEKIEL'S WORK OF COMFORTING, heartening AND CONSTRUCTION FOR THE BABYLONIAN EXILES. 586-570 BC (Ezekiel 33 TO 48.) (384.) These chapters tell a clear story ..."

2. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"... great voice, heartening his woad-stained warriors ! This hour, must forge, of Rome, eternal chains, He cries; or else them loose, from off our necks. ..."

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