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HEARTEN

Pronunciation (US):

• HEARTEN (verb)
The verb HEARTEN has 1 sense:

1. give encouragement to

Familiarity information: HEARTEN used as a verb is very rare.

• HEARTEN (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Give encouragement to

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

cheer; embolden; hearten; recreate

Hypernyms (to "hearten" is one way to...):

encourage (inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "hearten"):

buck up; take heart (gain courage)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to hearten Sue

Antonym:

dishearten (take away the enthusiasm of)

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