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heartwarming Definition

heart·warming (härtwôrm′iŋ)

adjective

such as to kindle a warm glow of genial feelings
heartwarming Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • tale: Every week people have written in with heartwarming tales of how the unit saved their life or the lives of loved ones.
  • story: A heartwarming story of an " ordinary " life.
  • story: Instead their PR guys will pump out heartwarming stories of soldiers handing starving kids chocolate bars.
  • comedy: A heartwarming British comedy about pursuing your dream from the maker of Brassed Off and Little Voice.
  • thing: Couldn't be a less heartwarming thing to watch than to see ice falling from the sky where the sun should be.
  • child: A heartwarming children 's picture book about a giant who is kind to everybody.

Modifying Another Word

  • very: Part one of a trilogy; it is a very heartwarming piece of writing.
  • genuinely: Without descending into the sentimental or the trite, somehow The Office closes for business on a genuinely heartwarming note.