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    heart·en
    [ˈhärtn]
    verb
    (be heartened)
    hearten (verb) · heartens (third person present) · heartened (past tense) · heartened (past participle) · heartening (present participle)
    1. make more cheerful or confident:
      "she was heartened to observe that the effect was faintly comic"
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    verb
    1. make more cheerful or confident:
      cheer up
      cheer
      encourage
      comfort
      reassure
      console
      boost
      invigorate
      revitalize
      energize
      animate
      rouse
      revivify
      exhilarate
      uplift
      elate
      inspirit
      raise someone's spirits
      buoy up
      perk up
      ginger up
      Opposite:
      dishearten
     
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    How does the verb hearten differ from other similar words?
    Some common synonyms of hearten are embolden, encourage, and inspirit. While all these words mean "to fill with courage or strength of purpose," hearten implies the lifting of dispiritedness or despondency by an infusion of fresh courage or zeal.

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    What does hearten mean?
    Define hearten. hearten synonyms, hearten pronunciation, hearten translation, English dictionary definition of hearten. tr.v. heart·ened , heart·en·ing , heart·ens To give strength, courage, or hope to. See Synonyms at encourage.

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    What does heartening news mean?
    If someone is heartened by something, it encourages them and makes them cheerful. The news heartened everybody. I feel heartened by her progress. This is heartening news. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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    What does it mean if someone is heartened by something?
    If someone is heartened by something, it encourages them and makes them cheerful. [...] present simple: I hearten, you hearten [...] past simple: I heartened, you heartened [...] • encourage, inspire, cheer, comfort [...]

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  2. To hearten someone is to give them strength, courage, or hope, or to make them feel more cheerful or hopeful about a situation12345. It can be used as a transitive verb with an object2345 or as a passive verb with the subject being heartened4. It can imply the lifting of dispiritedness or despondency by an infusion of fresh courage or zeal1.
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    hearten implies the lifting of dispiritedness or despondency by an infusion of fresh courage or zeal. a hospital patient heartened by good news embolden implies the giving of courage sufficient to overcome timidity or reluctance.

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    heart·en (här′tn) tr.v. heart·ened, heart·en·ing, heart·ens To give strength, courage, or hope to. See Synonyms at encourage.

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    hearten verb [ T ] us / ˈhɑːr.t̬ ə n / uk / ˈhɑː.t ə n / to make someone feel happier and more positive about a situation: Anti-government protesters have been heartened by recent government promises of free and fair elections.

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    Britannica Dictionary definition of HEARTEN [+ object] : to cause (someone) to feel more cheerful or hopeful The team's victory has heartened its fans. — usually used as (be) heartened

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    hearten verb [ T ] uk / ˈhɑː.t ə n / us / ˈhɑːr.t̬ ə n / to make someone feel happier and more positive about a situation

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