heartenedadjective [ after verb ]
uk/ˈhɑː.tənd/us/ˈhɑːr.t̬ənd/feeling happier and more positive about something:
I was heartened to hear reports that the tickets for the show were selling well.
We all felt heartened by the news.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reassuring
- assure
- be/take a weight off your mind idiom
- calm (sb) down
- comfort
- comforting
- consolation
- console
- consoling
- consolingly
- convince
- emollient
- get (sth) through (to sb)
- heartening
- lighten
- mind
- no news is good news idiom
- settle (sb) down
- should
- they should worry! idiom
- weight
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