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heartenverb to fill with courage or strength of purposethinking we were hopelessly lost, we were heartened by the sight of a familiar farmhouse bear up, buck up, buoy (up), cheer (up), chirk (up), embolden, encourage, inspire, inspirit, steel animate, enliven, invigorateenforce, fortify, reinforce(also reenforce), strengthenassure, reassureboost, energize, excite, galvanize, provoke, quicken, rally, stimulate, stir daunt, discourage, dishearten, dispirit demoralize, depress, saddendebilitate, enfeeble, hamstring, undermine, weakenintimidate, psych (out) encourage, inspirit, hearten, embolden mean to fill with courage or strength of purpose.encourage suggests the raising of one's confidence especially by an external agency.the teacher's praise encouraged the students to greater efforts inspirit, somewhat literary, implies instilling life, energy, courage, or vigor into something.patriots inspirited the people to resist hearten implies the lifting of dispiritedness or despondency by an infusion of fresh courage or zeal.a hospital patient heartened by good news embolden implies the giving of courage sufficient to overcome timidity or reluctance.emboldened by her first success, she tried an even more difficult climb in 1524 |