"heartening" meaning in English

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  "pos": "adj",
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          "word": "disheartening"
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "hearteningly"
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        "Cheerfully encouraging."
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nasǎrčitelen",
          "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
          "word": "насърчителен"
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        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "okuražitelen",
          "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
          "word": "окуражителен"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kěxǐ",
          "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
          "word": "可喜"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
          "word": "rohkaiseva"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
          "word": "encourageant"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
          "word": "ermutigend"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
          "word": "rincuorante"
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        {
          "alt": "こころづよい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kokorodzuyoi",
          "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
          "word": "心強い"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otrádnyj",
          "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
          "word": "отра́дный"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vooduševljájuščij",
          "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
          "word": "воодушевля́ющий"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
          "word": "alentador"
        }
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  "word": "heartening"
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    {
      "word": "hearteningly"
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      "form": "more heartening",
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      "form": "most heartening",
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          "word": "disheartening"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nasǎrčitelen",
      "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
      "word": "насърчителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "okuražitelen",
      "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
      "word": "окуражителен"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kěxǐ",
      "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
      "word": "可喜"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
      "word": "rohkaiseva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
      "word": "encourageant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
      "word": "ermutigend"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
      "word": "rincuorante"
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      "alt": "こころづよい",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "kokorodzuyoi",
      "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
      "word": "心強い"
    },
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      "roman": "otrádnyj",
      "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
      "word": "отра́дный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vooduševljájuščij",
      "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
      "word": "воодушевля́ющий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cheerfully encouraging",
      "word": "alentador"
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  "word": "heartening"
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