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Eliciting tenderness and sympathy.
It was a heartwarming movie about a child overcoming adversity.
See Also: heartwarmingly
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Heart Warming — was a gospel record label started by Bob Benson and his father, John T. Benson Jr. Heart Warming and their chief rival Canaan Records (owned by Word Records) were arguably the two biggest and best gospel labels in their time. The Oak Ridge Boys,… … Wikipedia
heart-warming — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ emotionally rewarding or uplifting … English terms dictionary
heart-warming — ▶ adjective TOUCHING, moving, heartening, stirring, uplifting, pleasing, cheering, gladdening, encouraging, gratifying. Opposites distressing. * * * ˈheart warming [heart warming] adjective causing feelings of happiness and pleasure • a heart… … Useful english dictionary
heart-warming — heartwarming 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
heart-warming — ADJ GRADED Something that is heart warming causes you to feel happy, usually because something nice has happened to people. ...the heart warming story of enemies who discover a shared humanity. Syn: cheering … English dictionary
heart-warming — adj. Heart warming is used with these nouns: ↑tale … Collocations dictionary
heart warming — Synonyms and related words: affable, agreeable, amiable, amicable, animating, blissful, cheerful, cheering, cheery, compatible, complaisant, congenial, cordial, desirable, dulcet, en rapport, encouraging, enjoyable, enlivening, exhilarating, fair … Moby Thesaurus
heart warming — causes genial feelings … English contemporary dictionary
heart-warming — adjective emotionally rewarding or uplifting … English new terms dictionary
heart-warm|ing — «HAHRT WR mihng», adjective. tending to arouse warm and sympathetic feelings; sentimental; endearing: »the antique, the picturesque, and the unabashedly heart warming (New Yorker) … Useful english dictionary
