warmed someone's heart
Caused tender feelings
To warm someone's heart is to cause them to feel tender affection, gratitude, or emotional comfort.
The image is of cold emotion becoming warm through kindness or touching moments: It warmed my heart to see them reunited after so many years.
Often appears as heartwarming to describe the cause rather than the effect.
- thoughtfulnessAttentive care for others
- joyIntense positive emotion
- generosityReadiness to give freely
- empathySharing another's emotions
- human connectionMeaningful relationship with others
warm fuzzy feeling · kind gesture · gratitude · made my day · compassion · comfort · friendship · tenderness · hopefulness · admiration · altruism · moved · forgiveness · goodwill · good deed · touched · bonding · heartfelt
warmed someone's heartbroke someone's heart
Caused deep romantic pain
made someone's blood run cold · left someone cold · hurt someone's feelings · sent shivers down someone's spine
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