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heartening

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Main Entry: hearten
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: raise someone's spirits

Synonyms:

animate, arouse, assure, buck up, buoy, cheer, comfort, console, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, incite, inspire, inspirit, rally, reassure, revivify, rouse, steel, stimulate, stir, strengthen

Antonyms:

bring down, depress, discourage, dishearten
Main Entry: heartening
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: encouraging

Synonyms:

cheering, hopeful, likely, promising, reassuring, supportive
Main Entry: animate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bring to life

Synonyms:

activate, arouse, cheer, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, exalt, excite, fire, gladden, hearten, impel, incite, inform, inspire, inspirit, instigate, invigorate, kindle, liven, make alive, move, quicken, revive, revivify, rouse, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, urge, vitalize, vivify

Antonyms:

deaden, discourage, kill
Main Entry: assure
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: convince, relieve doubt

Synonyms:

bag*, bet on, comfort, encourage, hearten, inspire, persuade, reassure, satisfy, sell on, sell*, soothe
Main Entry: brighten
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make happy, feel better

Synonyms:

become cheerful, buck up, buoy up, cheer, cheer up, clear up, encourage, enliven, gladden, hearten, improve, look up, perk up

Antonyms:

depress, upset
Main Entry: buoy (up)
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make light, encourage

Synonyms:

bolster, boost, buck up, cheer, cheer up, encourage, hearten, keep afloat, lift, prop, raise, support, sustain, uphold

Antonyms:

bring down, depress
Main Entry: cheer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make someone feel happier

Synonyms:

animate, brace up, brighten, buck up, buoy, comfort, console, elate, elevate, embolden, encourage, enliven, exhilarate, give a lift, gladden, hearten, help, incite, inspirit, let the sun shine in, perk up, pick up, put on cloud nine, put on top of the world, snap out of it, solace, steel, strengthen, uplift, upraise, warm

Antonyms:

bring down, depress, dishearten, make unhappy
Main Entry: cheering
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: encouraging

Synonyms:

auspicious, bright, comforting, heartening, hopeful, promising, propitious

Antonyms:

dejecting, depressing, discouraging, disheartening
Main Entry: comfort
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make to feel better

Synonyms:

abate, aid, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, assist, assuage, bolster, buck up, calm, cheer, commiserate with, compose, condole, confirm, console, delight, divert, ease, encourage, enliven, free, gladden, grant respite, hearten, help, inspirit, invigorate, lighten burden, make well, mitigate, nourish, put at ease, quiet fears, reanimate, reassure, refresh, relieve, remedy, revitalize, revive, salve, soften, solace, soothe, strengthen, stroke, succor, support, sustain, sympathize, uphold, upraise

Antonyms:

aggravate, annoy, bother, distress, exasperate, hurt, irritate, provoke, torment, torture, trouble, vex
Main Entry: elevate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: raise spirits

Synonyms:

animate, boost, brighten, bring up, buoy up, cheer, elate, excite, exhilarate, glorify, hearten, inspire, lift up, perk up, refine, rouse, sublimate, uplift

Antonyms:

depress, disgrace, distress, lower, shame, trouble, upset
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