hearten

Verb

Verb Forms: heartened, heartening, heartens

• To make more cheerful or confident; to encourage.
• give encouragement to
• To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.

Examples

• A good play can HEARTEN a struggling Scrabble player, turning the tide of the game.

Synonyms

cheer, embolden, recreate, beatify, begladden, blissen, bright, cheer up, content, delight, elate, enbliss, exhilarate, fain, gay, gladden, gladden someone's heart, gratify, happify, happy, hearten, jollify, laetificate, light up, make someone's day, perk up, please, raise someone's spirits, rejoice, turn the frown upside down, upcheer, warm someone's heart, warm the cockles of someone's heart

Antonyms

dishearten