enheartening
Giving someone courage
Enheartening means giving courage or confidence, lifting someone's spirits.
The word is the present participle of enhearten, a less common alternative to hearten: The team found the early results enheartening.
Something enheartening provides encouragement or hope in difficult circumstances.
Vocal encouragement given
- boostingIncreasing force or level
- supportingBearing or sustaining
- reassuringRestoring calm or confidence
- motivatingPrompting someone to act
emboldening · bolstering · rallying · fortifying · urging · spurring · rousing · buoying
Expecting positive results
- promisingShowing signs of success
- brightEmitting or reflecting light
- reassuringRestoring calm or confidence
- buoyantAble to float
sanguine · auspicious · expectant · confident · positive · encouraging · upbeat · forward-looking
Reducing distress or discomfort
- consolingGiving solace to another
- reassuringRestoring calm or confidence
- warmthHeat you feel
- solaceRelief from distress
tenderness · nurturing · supportive · caring · heartwarming · restorative · alleviating · peaceful
Imaginative planner of futures
- empoweringGiving authority or confidence
- transformativeCausing major change
- enlighteningProviding new understanding
- pioneeringFirst to explore territory
revolutionary · aspirational · innovative · awakening · elevating · moving · stirring · igniting
cheering
Vocal encouragement given
- boostingIncreasing force or level
- supportingBearing or sustaining
- reassuringRestoring calm or confidence
motivating · emboldening · bolstering · rallying · fortifying · urging · spurring · rousing · buoying · inspiring
optimistic
Expecting positive results
- promisingShowing signs of success
- brightEmitting or reflecting light
- reassuringRestoring calm or confidence
buoyant · sanguine · auspicious · expectant · confident · positive · encouraging · upbeat · forward-looking · dawn
soothing
Reducing distress or discomfort
- consolingGiving solace to another
- reassuringRestoring calm or confidence
- warmthHeat you feel
solace · tenderness · nurturing · supportive · caring · heartwarming · restorative · alleviating · peaceful · serene
visionary
Imaginative planner of futures
- empoweringGiving authority or confidence
- transformativeCausing major change
- enlighteningProviding new understanding
pioneering · revolutionary · aspirational · innovative · awakening · elevating · moving · stirring · igniting · kindling
enhearteningdisheartening
Causing loss of hope
discouraging · dispiriting · demoralizing · deflating · depressing
heart, hearty, heartfelt, heartless, hearten, heartily, disheartened, dishearten, heartening