hearten
Give someone courage
To hearten is to give someone courage or confidence, to lift their spirits when they're discouraged: The team was heartened by their first win of the season.
The opposite is dishearten.
Something heartening provides encouragement or hope: heartening news, a heartening sign.
Raise emotionally or physically
- inspireStir to action
- emboldenGive courage to
- reassureEase someone's doubts
- cheerJoyfulness or encouragement
motivate · boost · buoy · invigorate · rally · fortify · bolster · energize
uplift
Raise emotionally or physically
cheer · motivate · boost · buoy · invigorate · rally · fortify · bolster · energize · animate
warm
Moderately heated, or friendly
elate · delight · soothe · console · solace · ease · relieve · hopeful · optimism · spirit
persevere
Continue despite obstacles
- endureSuffer through without yielding
- overcomePrevail against difficulty
- recoverRegain health or possession
persist · determination · grit · fortitude · resolve · steadfast · tenacity · backbone · willpower · bounce back
- encouragementencourage, encouraging, praises, hang in there, supports
- encourageencourage, urge, cheer on, exhort, motivate
heartendishearten
Cause to lose hope
discourage · dispirit · demoralize · depress · daunt
- broken heartEmotional pain from loss
- by heartStored in memory
- heart attackBlocked blood to muscle
- my heartIntimate term for beloved
- break someone's heartCause deep emotional pain
- change of heartReversal of opinion
heart, hearty, heartfelt, heartless, heartily, disheartened, dishearten, heartening, hearted