What is "heartening"

Usage examples of "heartening".

Much about the state of things, much that Adams had seen or heard since his return, was heartening.

In one of the most dramatic and heartening actions, much of which is still secret, Beaumont threw his small force of destroyers against a heavily defended German base on the coast of Norway.

It was a heartening triumph for all true Cairenes, naturally, and a banner day for Egyptian nationalism.

Hogg had a confused image of the Moorish Empire: dirty men in robes, kasbahs without modern sanitation, heartening smells of things the sun had got at, muezzins, cockfights, shady men in unshaven hiding, the waves slapping naughty naughty at boats full of contraband goods.

In spite of my qualms it was heartening to watch the trees coming into bud.

Gurus, swamis, psychics, Tarot-card readers, acupuncturists, herbalists to movie stars, channelers, aura interpreters, palm readers, chaos-theory dice counselors, past-life guides, high-colonic therapists, and other specialists offered their services in heartening numbers.

Despite the lateness of the hour, the light was still on, and the heartening sccnt of cocoa and freshly baked almond cake lingered in the air.