You'll see if a good cup of tea and those plum puffs I made today won't hearten you up.
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Hearten
//ˈhɑːtn̩//
Synonyms for "hearten" (111 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (55)
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Translations
26 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- насърчавам verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
- окуражавам verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
Dutch
1 entries- bemoedigen verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
Esperanto
1 entries- kuraĝigi verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
Finnish
2 entries- kannustaa verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
- rohkaista verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
French
1 entries- encourager verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
German
1 entries- ermutigen verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
Hungarian
2 entries- buzdít verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
- bátorít verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
Italian
2 entries- incoraggiare verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
- rincuorare verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
Macedonian
1 entries- бодри verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
Portuguese
1 entries- animar verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
Russian
4 entries- вдохнови́ть verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
- вдохновля́ть verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
- воодушеви́ть verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
- воодушевля́ть verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
Spanish
2 entries- alentar verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
- animar verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
Swedish
1 entries- uppmuntra verb (to give heart to, to encourage)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
hearten the crowd
Source: wiktionary
News of the recovery helped to hearten the family.
Source: wiktionary
The soldiers were heartened by the general’s speech.
Source: wiktionary
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