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heartening
THESAURUS
heartening
animating, assurance, assuring, cheerful, cheering, cheery, comforting, condolatory, condolent, condoling, consolatory, consoling, emboldening, encouragement, encouraging, enlivening, exhilarating, glad, gladdening, heart-warming, hospitable, inspiration, inspiring, inspiriting, inspiritment, invigorating, joyful, of good comfort, reassurance, reassuring, relieving, supportive, sympatheticFor further exploring for "heartening" in Webster Dictionary Online