Definitions for heartening
heart·en·ing

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1. heartening, inspiritingadjective

   cheerfully encouraging

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1. hearteningadjective

   cheerfully encouraging

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1. heartening

   Heartening refers to the act of inspiring, encouraging, uplifting, or boosting someone's morale or spirits. It boosts a person's confidence and gives them hope or courage to face a particular situation.

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How to pronounce heartening?

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How to say heartening in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of heartening in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of heartening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of heartening in a Sentence

1. Joseph Palumbo in Perry County:

   I have friends that I haven't seen in years reaching out to me, it's really heartening to see the way people help each other.

2. Justice Scalia:

   It was heartening to me to see my father with a colleague he obviously had so much fun being around and speaking with.

3. Joel Dunn:

   They're sort of symbols for the Chesapeake Bay in a sense and a symbol for what the environmental movement can do when they put their minds to it, to be able to see them on every dock, post and shipwreck in the Chesapeake is heartening and a story of great educational value for the public at large.

4. Simon Pegg:

   Maybe we do actually get to put our differences aside and we become tolerant and loving and we all work together to do one thing, which is to explore the galaxy, it's an incredibly attractive idea because it's heartening to think that maybe we could to that because right now it doesn't seem like we can.

5. Christy Goldfuss:

   I think everyone is disappointed to see that Alaska was included at all in the options, however it is incredibly heartening that there is no preferred alternative here, and the no drilling option for the first time we can see is on par with the other options, usually the no action alternative is done pro forma, but here they give it consideration.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=heartening
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Heartening
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=heartening