hearten

Word family  noun heart heartlessness heartiness adjective heartened ≠ disheartened heartening ≠ disheartening heartless hearty verb hearten ≠ dishearten adverb heartily heartlessly hearteningly ≠ dishearteningly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++heart·en /ˈhɑːtn $ ˈhɑːr-/ verb [transitive]  HAPPYto make someone feel happier and more hopeful 使高兴；使振作，鼓舞 OPP disheartenn I was heartened to see her looking so well.n Grammar Hearten is usually passive. —heartening adjective —hearteningly adverb→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

hearten• The administration was heartened by the U.N. vote.• The sight of the flames leaping up did much to hearten me.• There was hot, spiced wine to hearten the bride, who drank it gratefully.• It would hearten the many feminists who crowded the church that night without contradicting the teachings of the magisterium.

heart·en verb →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable  

more Corpus someone happier to and feel hopeful make

hearten
heart‧en /ˈhɑːtn $ ˈhɑːr-/ verb [transitive usually passive]to make someone feel happier and more hopeful
   OPP  dishearten
—heartening adjective
—hearteningly adverb

heart·enBrE /ˈhɑːtn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhɑːrtn/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they hearten BrE /ˈhɑːtn/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhɑːrtn/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it heartens BrE /ˈhɑːtnz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhɑːrtnz/ 🔊past simple heartened BrE /ˈhɑːtnd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhɑːrtnd/ 🔊past participle heartened BrE /ˈhɑːtnd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhɑːrtnd/ 🔊 -ing form heartening BrE /ˈhɑːtnɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈhɑːrtnɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] ~ sb to give sb encouragement or hope 激励；鼓励 OPP dishearten ▸ heart·en·ing BrE /ˈhɑːtnɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhɑːrtnɪŋ/ 🔊 adjective◆It is heartening to see the determination of these young people. 看到这些年轻人如此坚决真令人鼓舞。🔊🔊