What does heart-warming mean?
Heart-warming means (idiomatic) Eliciting cosy feelings of tenderness and sympathy..
Heart-warming
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
(idiomatic) Eliciting cosy feelings of tenderness and sympathy..
Example Sentences
It was a heart-warming movie about a child overcoming adversity.
Every heartwarming human interest story in america is like "he raised $20,000 to keep 200 orphans from being crushed in the orphan-crushing machine" and then never asks why an orphan-crushing machine exists or why you'd need to pay to prevent it from being used.
Synonyms for heart-warming
Antonyms for heart-warming
Related Words
Word Forms
- more heart-warming
- most heart-warming
- heartwarming
Usage Notes
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What is a synonym for heart-warming?
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How do you use heart-warming in a sentence?
It was a heart-warming movie about a child overcoming adversity.
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