heart-warming

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Eliciting cosy feelings of tenderness and sympathy.

Equivalents

Españolconmovedor

Françaisattendrissant qui fait chaud au cœur touchant

Deutschherzerfrischend herzerwärmend herzlichrührend

12 more languages

Azərbaycan diliürəkaçan

Češtinahřejivý

Suomihellyttävä

Magyarszívmelengető

Հայերենսրտաշարժ

Italianocommovente toccante

日本語ハートフル微笑ましい心温まる

Nederlandshartverwarmend

Portuguêsanimador

Русскийдушевный серде́чный трогательный

Svenskagripande hjärtevärmande

Tiếng Việtấm lòng

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

heart-whole heart-wrenching heart-wrenchingly heartachey heartaching heartachy

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