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adjective

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as in promising
having qualities which inspire hope a heartening visit to the hospital, where the patient was alert and sitting up

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as in encouraging
making one feel good inside hearing how his students still appreciated him after all those years was heartening to the music teacher

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as in hopeful
pointing toward a happy outcome the accomplishments of the first day were a heartening start to our renovation of the house

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heartening

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verb

present participle of hearten
as in inspiring
to fill with courage or strength of purpose thinking we were hopelessly lost, we were heartened by the sight of a familiar farmhouse

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“Heartening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heartening. Accessed 30 Jan. 2023.

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