transcription, транскрипция: [ hɑ:(r)t(ə)n ]
( heartens, heartening, heartened)
If someone is heartened by something, it encourages them and makes them cheerful.
He will have been heartened by the telephone opinion poll published yesterday...
The news heartened everybody.
= cheer
VERB : be V-ed , V n
• heart‧ened
I feel heartened by her progress...
ADJ : v-link ADJ , oft ADJ by n , ADJ that
• heart‧en‧ing
This is heartening news.
ADJ : oft it v-link ADJ to-inf