Antonyms for hearteningheart·en·ing

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1. hearteningadjective

   Antonyms:
   disheartening

2. hearteningadjective

   Antonyms:
   disheartening

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1. heartening, inspiritingadjective

   cheerfully encouraging

   Antonyms:
   discouraging

   Synonyms:
   inspiriting

How to use heartening in a sentence?

1. Mark Rumold:

   This is the first sign that Section 215 has limits, it's heartening to know, at least, that the government thinks that hundreds of years of tradition in protecting Census information, and multiple acts of Congress, are sufficient to put a limit on Section 215.

2. Chrissy Houlahan:

   For me, it is heartening. It is validating, it feels like I am part of a posse of people who have gotten into races for the right reasons.

3. Prakash Javadekar:

   At a time when the global tiger population is under threat, it is heartening that India's tiger numbers are increasing, this was not the situation a decade ago.

4. Suvarna Alladi:

   This is heartening because you know that you can do something to protect yourself.

5. Joel Dunn:

   They're sort of symbols for the Chesapeake Bay in a sense and a symbol for what the environmental movement can do when they put their minds to it, to be able to see them on every dock, post and shipwreck in the Chesapeake is heartening and a story of great educational value for the public at large.

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