Synonyms for heartening

Most common

encouraging · inspiriting

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Adjective

Antonyms

disheartening, wrenching, worrisome

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Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Cheerfully encouraging.

Example sentences

• encouraging Tom keeps encouraging Mary to do things on her own.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

11 letters

encouraging⁴, inspiriting

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (encouraging⁴ = 4 syllables).