hearten

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd

Proto-Germanic *hertô

Proto-West Germanic *hertā

Old English heorte

Middle English herte

English heart

English -en

English hearten

From heart + -en. Compare lose heart.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑːtn̩/

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• (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)

1. (transitive) To give heart to; to encourage, urge on, cheer, give confidence to.

   Synonyms: cheer up, happify; see also Thesaurus:gladden

   Antonym: dishearten

   hearten the crowd

   News of the recovery helped to hearten the family.

   The soldiers were heartened by the general’s speech.

Derived terms

• dishearten
• enhearten
• heartener
• rehearten

Translations

to give heart to, to encourage

• Bulgarian: насърчавам (bg) (nasărčavam), 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

• traheen, earneth, rhenate, Hatrene, Teheran, earthen