heartwarming

  • 1heartwarming — heart warm ing, heart warming heart warm ingadj. causing gladness and pleasure; used mostly of the actions of people, and sometimes of animals; as, Is there a sight more heart warming than a family reunion?. [WordNet 1.5] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2heartwarming — 1899, from HEART (Cf. heart) + prp. of WARM (Cf. warm) (v.) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 3heartwarming — [adj] pleasant cheering, encouraging, exhilarating, gladdening, heartening, heartfelt, inspiring, joyous, loving, stirring, sweet; concepts 542,548,572 …

    New thesaurus

  • 4heartwarming — [härt′wôrm΄iŋ] adj. such as to kindle a warm glow of genial feelings …

    English World dictionary

  • 5heartwarming — heart|warm|ing [ hart,wɔrmıŋ ] adjective making you feel happy, usually because other people are being kind: It s really heartwarming to see such generosity. a heartwarming tale …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 6heartwarming — UK [ˈhɑː(r)tˌwɔː(r)mɪŋ] / US [ˈhɑrtˌwɔrmɪŋ] adjective making you feel happy, usually because other people are being kind It s really heartwarming to see such generosity. a heartwarming tale …

    English dictionary

  • 7heartwarming — heart•warm•ing [[t]ˈhɑrtˌwɔr mɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) tenderly moving: a heartwarming story[/ex] 2) gratifying; rewarding: a heartwarming public response to the appeal[/ex] • Etymology: 1895–1900 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 8heartwarming — /hahrt wawr ming/, adj. gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work. [1895 1900; HEART + WARMING] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 9heartwarming — heart|warm|ing [ˈha:tˌwo:mıŋ US ˈha:rtˌwo:r ] adj making you feel happy because you see other people being happy or kind to each other ▪ a heartwarming sight >heartwarmingly adv …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10heartwarming — adjective making you feel happy because you see other people being happy or kind to each other: a heartwarming sight heartwarmingly adverb …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English