Her shoulders relaxed at the heartening news.
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Heartening
Synonyms for "heartening" (40 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (20)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
2 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
11 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- насърчителен adj (cheerfully encouraging)
- окуражителен adj (cheerfully encouraging)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 可喜 adj (cheerfully encouraging)
Finnish
1 entries- rohkaiseva adj (cheerfully encouraging)
French
1 entries- encourageant adj (cheerfully encouraging)
German
1 entries- ermutigend adj (cheerfully encouraging)
Italian
1 entries- rincuorante adj (cheerfully encouraging)
Japanese
1 entries- 心強い adj (cheerfully encouraging)
Russian
2 entries- воодушевля́ющий adj (cheerfully encouraging)
- отра́дный adj (cheerfully encouraging)
Spanish
1 entries- alentador adj (cheerfully encouraging)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Kind words are heartening in tough times.
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