hearten

English

Etymology

From heart +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːtn̩/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑɹtn̩/
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tən

Verb

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

(transitive) To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.
Antonym: dishearten

Derived terms

Translations

to give heart to, to encourage

Bulgarian: насърчавам (bg) (nasǎrčavam), окуражавам (bg) (okuražavam)
Dutch: bemoedigen (nl)
Esperanto: kuraĝigi
Finnish: kannustaa (fi), rohkaista (fi)
French: encourager (fr)
German: ermutigen (de)
Hungarian: bátorít (hu), buzdít (hu)
Italian: rincuorare (it), incoraggiare (it)
Macedonian: бодри (bodri)
Portuguese: animar (pt)
Russian: воодушевля́ть (ru) impf (vooduševljátʹ), воодушеви́ть (ru) pf (vooduševítʹ); вдохновля́ть (ru) impf (vdoxnovljátʹ), вдохнови́ть (ru) pf (vdoxnovítʹ); ободря́ть (ru) impf (obodrjátʹ), ободри́ть (ru) pf (obodrítʹ); подба́дривать (ru) impf (podbádrivatʹ), подбодря́ть (ru) impf (podbodrjátʹ), подбодри́ть (ru) pf (podbodrítʹ)
Spanish: alentar (es), animar (es)
Swedish: uppmuntra (sv)

Anagrams

Teheran, earneth, earthen, rhenate

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