'heartening' definitions:
Definition of 'heartening'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Cheerfully encouraging [syn: heartening, inspiriting]
Synonyms of 'heartening'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animating,
- assurance,
- assuring,
- cheerful,
- cheering,
- cheery,
- comforting,
- condolatory,
- condolent,
- condoling,
- consolatory,
- consoling,
- emboldening,
- encouragement,
- encouraging,
- enlivening,
- exhilarating,
- glad,
- gladdening,
- heart-warming,
- hospitable,
- inspiration,
- inspiring,
- inspiriting,
- inspiritment,
- invigorating,
- joyful,
- of good comfort,
- reassurance,
- reassuring,
- relieving,
- supportive,
- sympathetic