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hearten

/ˈhɑːtn̩/US/ˈhɑɹtn̩/

hearten verb: to give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.

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Verb

hearten (third-person singular simple present heartens, present participle heartening, simple past and past participle heartened)

  1. (transitive) To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.
    • hearten the crowd
    • News of the recovery helped to hearten the family.
    Antonyms:
    dishearten

hearten meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

hearten in Tamil

ஊக்கமூட்டு, கிளர்ச்சியூட்டு, மகிழ்ச்சி ஊட்டு

hearten in Urdu

ہمت بڑھانا

hearten in Bengali

উৎসাহিত করা, সাহস জোগানো, আশান্বিত করা

hearten in Malayalam

ആവേശഭരിതനാകുക, ഉത്സാഹഭരിതനാകുക

Examples of hearten in a sentence

  • And it was so heartening in this way seeing people being so right on.
  • The attribution of Sophoclean passions to ditherers could only be heartening.
  • Heartened by this widespread response, a series of special broadcasts were planned for Commencement week.

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Synonyms of hearten

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Antonyms

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Forms of hearten

third-person singular presentheartens
present participleheartening
past participleheartened
pastheartened

Origin of hearten

From heart + -en. Compare lose heart.

Words formed from hearten

Words that rhyme with hearten

Questions about hearten

What does hearten mean?
Hearten means to give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.
What is hearten in Tamil?
Hearten in Tamil is ஊக்கமூட்டு, கிளர்ச்சியூட்டு, மகிழ்ச்சி ஊட்டு. See Hearten meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hearten?
Hearten is a verb.
How do you pronounce hearten?
Hearten is pronounced /ˈhɑːtn̩/ (UK).
What is the past tense of hearten?
The past tense of hearten is heartened.

Words near hearten in the dictionary

  1. hearteases
  2. hearted
  3. heartedly
  4. heartedness
  5. heartednesses
  6. hearten
  7. heartened
  8. heartener
  9. hearteners
  10. heartenest
  11. hearteneth

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hearten (page history and authors); hearten (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hearten (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Hearten (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hearten (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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